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PETERSONS' 

COMPLETE    COIN    BOOK. 


CONTAINING     PERFECT 


FAC-SIMILE    IMPRESSIONS 


OF    ALL    THE    VARIOUS 


WITH     THE 

UNITED  STATES  M^T  VALUE  OF  EACH  COIN  UNDER  IT. 

THE   WHOLE   BEING  PLACED  IN  PROPER  ORDER  AS 

EBGAKDS   THE  VARIOUS  GOVERNMENTS   TO  WHICH   THEY  BELONG,   ARRANGED 
ACCORDING  TO  THEIR  DIFFERENT  DENOMINATIONS  AND  VALUE. 

TOGETHER    WITH    A 

COMPLETE   index;   ALPHABETICALLY   ARRANGED, 

OE 

THE   COINS   OF    EACH   AND     EVERY    NATION;     BY   WHICH   INDEX    ANY   PERSON   CAN   AT   ONCE     TURN   TO 

THE    RIGHT   PAGE   AND   FIND   THE   FAC-SIMILE    IMPRESSION   OF   ANY   COIN   IN   THE   WORLD 

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|)l)ilabclpl)ia: 
PUBLISHED    BY    T.   B.   PETERSON    &    BROTHERS, 

NO.     306     CHESTNUT    STREET. 

EutereJ  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  iu  the  year  1S.19,  by  T.  B.  PETEKSON  &  BROTHERS,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States, 

in  and  for  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania. 


INDEX 


TO 


PETERSONS'  COMPLETE  COIN  BOOK, 


WITH    THE 


UNITED  STATES  MINT  VALUE  OF  EACH  COIN. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

Quintuple  Eagle 

Double  Eagle 

California  2J  Eagle 

"  Double  Eagle 

II  ii  a 

ti  ((  (t 

Old  Eagle  (179C) 

Eagle,  (1841) 

Cincinnati  Mining  Co.'s  Eagle.. 

Humbert's  California  Eagle 

J.  S.  0.  "  "     

Mofifatt's  "  "     

Templeton's     "  "     

Miners'  Bank    "  "     

Mormon  Piece 

Oregon  Co.,   (Beaver  Coin) 

Old  Half  Eagle 

Half  Eagle 

Mass.  Callf'a  Comp'y  J  Eagle... 

Bechtler  Half  Eagle 

Dunbar  &  Co.  Calif 'a  J  Eagle... 
N.  G.  &  N.  San  Francisco  J  Eagle 

California  Half  Eagle 

Oregon  Comp'y.     "    

Three-dollar  Piece 

Old  Quarter  Eagle 

Mormon  Piece 

Quarter  Eagle 

Georgia  ^  Eagle 

North  Carolina  Dollar 

Bechtler  Dollar 

Old  One-dollar  Piece 

New  "         "         "     

California  Half  Dollar 

"  Quarter  Dollar 

SILVER  COINS  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES. 

Pine-tree  Shilling  

Quarter  Dollar 

Dollars 

Half  Dollar 

Dime  

Half  Dime 

PLATINA,  COPPER,  k  NICKEL  COINS 

OF   THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

Three-cent  Piece,  (PlatinaJ 

One         "        "        (Copper) 

One        "        •'        (Nickel) 


50.00 

20.00 

23.50 

19.90 

19.20 

16.00 

10.50 

10.00 

9.60 

9.90 

9.85 

9.85 

9.85 

9.85 

8.00 

8.00 

5.25 

5.00 

4.75 

4.75 

4.75 

4.85 

4.85 

4.75 

3.00 

2,63 

4.00 

2.50 

2.37 

.93 

,93 

1.00 

1.00 

.40 

.20 


.16 
.25 
1.00 
.50 
.10 


.05  1 


.03 
.01 
.01 


GOLD  COINS  OF 
SOUTH   &  CENTBAL    AUERICA 

Old  Doubloon 

Doubloons  

Doubloons  

Half  Doubloon 

Bogota  Doubloon 

Half  Doubloon 

Moidore 

Half  Joe  of  Brazil 

Moidore  "      

Quarter  Doubloon 

Pistole 

Half  Pistole 

Half  Pistole 

Half  Doubloon 

Quarter  Pistole 

Quarter  Pistole 

Quarter  Pistole,  (Brazil) 


SILVER  COINS  OF 
SOUTH    &    CENTKAL  AMERICA. 


GOLD  AND  SILVER   COINS  OF 
MEXICO. 


Doubloon, 
Dollars, 
Half  Dollar, 
j  Quarter  Dollar, 
Real, 

Half  Real, 
Quarter  Real, 


(Gold)... 
(Silver). 


Piece  of  1200  Reis 

"  960  Reis 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals,  (Bolivia)  .... 
Eight  Reals,  (Grenada)... 

Patagon 

Eight  Reals,  (base) 

Four  Reals 

Four  Reals,  (Argentine) . 

Four  Reals,  (Peru) 

Four  Reals,  (base) 

Piece  of  300  Reis 

Re.al 

Real,  (base) 

Four  Reals 

Four  Reals,  (base) 

Four  Reals,  (base) 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals,  (base)..,, 

Two  Reals,  (base) 

Real 

Real 

Real,  (base) 

Real,  (base) 

Half  Real,  (base)  


yOLD  COINS  OF 


GREAT    BRITAIN. 

Five  Sovereigns 

Double  Sovereign  

15.45    11    Mohur ^ 

1.04   11  iGuinea 

.50   11    Sovereign.. 

.25   11    Half  Guinea 

.12   11    Half  Sovereign 

.06   11  :  Half  Sovereign 

.03  1 11 1, One-third  Guinea 


15.50 

15.50 

15.50 

7.75 

15  25 

7.75 

6.00 

6.00 

8.50 

4.75 

3.67 

3.75 

1.87 

1.75 

1.90 

.90 

.87 

.60 


1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.97 
1.05 
.96 
.90 
.60 
.50 
.45 
.45 
.33 
.25 
.11 
.07 
.44 
.34 
.33 
.20 
.16 
.15 
.11 
10 
.08 
.05 
.04 


24.10 
9.64 
6.72 
5,00 

4.82 
2.50 
2.40 
2.30 
1.66 


11 

11 

13 

13 

13 

13ji 

13! 

13!i 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 


15 
15 
15 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
19 
19 
19 
19 
19 
19 
19 
21 
21 
21 
21 


SILVER  COINS  OF 

GREAT   BRITAIN. 

William  III.  Crown 

Queen  Anne  Crown 

George  III.  Crown 

Victoria  Crown 

Charles  II.  Crown 

Bank  of  Ireland  Token 

Crown 

Bank  of  England  Token  

William  and  Mary  J  Crown.., 

Queen  Anne  J  Crown 

George  IV.  |  Crown 

Charles  II.  ^  Crown 

George  III.  J  Crown 

Three  Shilling  Token 

Thirty-penny  Token 

John  Robertson  Token 

Victoria  Florin 

One-and-sixpenny  Token 

One  Shilling 

Queen  Elizabeth  Sixpence..., 

Sixpence 

Fourpence 

Sixpenny  Token 

Threepenny  Piece 

Twopenny  Piece 

One-and-a-halfpenny  Piece.., 
Onepenny  Piece 

COLONIAL  SILVER  COINS  OF 

GREAT   BRITAIN. 
One  Dollar,  (Sierra  Leone).., 
Three  Gilders,  (Demerara).., 

Rupee 

Quarter  Pagoda 

Quarter  Dollar 

Half  Rupee 

Shilling 

Two  Macntos 

Half  Gilder 

One-eighth  Dollar 

Quarter  Rupee 

Quarter  Gilder 

Two  Annas 

One-sixteenth  Dollar 

One-eighth  Gildor 


SILVER  COINS  OF 
CANADA. 


Twenty-cent  Piece. 

Ten-oent  Piece , 

Five-cent  Piece 


GOLD  COINS  OF 


S     : 


10  23 
10  23 


10  23 
10 '23 


1 

1 
1 
1 

1.10  23 

1 

1 

1 


.00 
.00 
.00 
.55 


.55  I  23 
.55  25 
.55  '  25 
55  25 
.50  25 
.40  25 
.40  25 
.45  25 
.22  25 
.22   25 


.11 

.11 


.07  27 
.06  27 
.05  ,  27 
.03 : 27 


.02 
.02 


.20 
.10 
.05 


FRANCE. 

Double  Louis  D'Or 09 

Fortv  Francs '  7.64 

Louis  D'Or '  4.50 

Twenty  Francs 3.82 

Ten  Francs I  1.88 

Six  Francs :  1.10 


80 

27 

73 

27 

40 

27 

34 

27 

22 

27 

20 

27 

22 

27 

20 

27 

12 

27 

11 

27 

10 

27, 

06 

27 

05 

27 

05 

27 

03 

27 

INDEX  TO   PETERSONS'   COMPLETE   COIN   BOOK. 


SILVER  COINS  OF 
FRANCE. 

Crown 

Six  Francs  

Six  Livres 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Half  Crown  

Two  Francs 

Quarter  Crown 

Thirty  Sols 

Twenty  Sols 

Fifteen  Sols 

One  Franc 

One-eighth  Crown 

Twelve  Sols , 

Ten  Sols , 

One-sixteenth  Crown  

Half  Franc 

Fifty  Centimes 

Twenty-five  Centimes 

Quarter  Franc 


GOLD  COINS  OF 

SPAIN. 

Doubioon 

Quarter  Doubloon 

Pistole  

Half  Pistole 

Quarter  Pistole 


1.00 
1.00 
1.06 
.90 
.90 
.50 
.36 
.24 
.24 
.15 
.12 
.18 
.12 
.10 
.08 
.08 
.08 
.08 
.04 
.04 


15.57 
4.00 
4.00 
2.00 
1.00 


29 
29 
29 
29 
31 
31 
31 
31 
31 
31 
31 
31 
31 
31 
33 
33 
33 
33 
33 
33 


GOLD  AND   SILVER  COINS  OF 
SWITZERLAND. 

Crown  of  Geneva 

Four  Francs 

Five  Livres 

Two  Francs 

Ten-and-half  Batzen 

Ten  Batzen 

Ten  Batzen 

Twenty  Schilling 

Five  Batzen 

Two-and-half  Batzen 

Twenty-five  Centimes , 


SILVER  COINS  OF 
SPAIN. 

Old  Pillar  Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar  of  20  Reals 

Five  Pesetas  

Spanish-Austrian  Rix-doUar.- 

Scudo 

Resallado 

Half  Dollar  (pillar)  

Half  Dollar 

Double  Pistareeu 

Quarter  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar,  (Pillar) 

Pistareen 

Peseta  

Medio 

Half  Pistareen 

Half  Medio 

Quarter  Pistareeu 


.98 
.93 
.98 
.93 
.90 
.90 
.48 
.48 
.45 
.36 
.20 
.22 
.16 
.16 
.10 
.07 
.05 
.04 


GOLD  COINS  OF 
POKTUGAL  AND  BRAZIL. 

Dobroa i  34.00 

6.00 

8.50 

6.00 

5.75 

4.75 

1.75 

.90 

.75 

.50 


Half  Joe. 

Half  Joe 

Moidore 

Crown 

Moidore 

One-tenth  Joe 

One-twentieth  Joe 

One-eighth  Moidore.. 
One-twelfth  Moidore. 


SILVER  COINS  OF 
PORTUGAL  AND  BRAZIL. 

Piece  of  960  Reis 

Piece  of  1200  Reis,  (base).... 

Piece  of  640  Reis 

Cruzado 

Half  Crown 

Piece  of  300  Reis 

Piece  of  200  Reis 

Piece  of  200  Reis,  (base) 

Piece  of  150  Reis 

Piece  of  80  Reis 

Piece  of  40  Reis 


GOLD  AND  SILVER   COINS  OF 
SWITZERLAND. 

Ducat  (Gold)  

Crown  of  Zurich,  (Silver) 


.98 
.98 
.63 
.48 
.48 
.35 
.20 
.15 
.14 
.10 
.05 


2.20 
.96 


GOLD   AND  SILVER  COINS  OF 
AUSTRIA   AND  HUNGARY. 

Quadruple  Ducat,  (gold) 

Soverain , 

Double  Ducat 

Half  Soverain 

Ducat 

Ducat 

Three  Marks,  (silver) 

Crown  of  Brabant 

Rix-dollar,  (Austria) 

Imperial  Dollar 

Rix-dollar,  (Hungary) 

Thaler 

Half  Rix-dollar 

Half  Crown 

Two  Marks 

Half  Dollar,  (Hungary) 

Florin  

Mark 

Two  Lire 

Quarter  Rix-dollar 

Half  Florin , 

One-third  Thaler 

Thirty  Kreutzers 

Half  Florin 

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Half  Mark 

Eight  Schillings 

Ten  Kreutzers 

Five  Kreutzers 


GOLD  COINS  OFTHB 
GERMAN  STATES. 

Quintuple  Ducat 

Double  Fred.  D'Or 

Double  Christian  D'Or 

Ten  Thaler 

Ten  Thaler 

Double  Fred.  D'Or 

Ten  Thaler 

Carolin 

Twenty-five  Francs 

Double  Ducat 

Ten  Gilders 

Five  Thalers 

Fred.  D'Or 

Half  Carolin 

Half  Carolin 

Ducat 

Five  Gilders 

Two-and-half  Thaler 

Ten  Francs  

Twelve  Marks 

Quarter  Carolin 


SILVER  COINS  OF  THE 
GERMAN  STATES. 
Three-and-one-half  Gilders. 

Double  Thaler 

Double  Thaler 

Three  Gilders 

Crown  Thaler 

Crown 

Crown  of  B.adeii 

Specie  Thaler 

Wurtemburgh  Crown 

Old  Crown 


.96 
.96 
.90 

.48 
.23 
.20 
.18 
.10 
.08 
.03 
.03 


8.75 

6.68 

4.75 

3.32 

2.25 

2.24 

1.10 

1.00 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.64 

.43 

.50 

.50 

.46 

.38 

.30 

.30 

.24 

.20 

.20 

.20 

.18 

.14 

.11 

.11 

.06 

.03 


11.00 

45 

7.86 

45 

7.86 

45 

7.86 

45 

7.80 

45 

7.80 

45 

7.86 

47 

4.80 

47 

4.75 

47 

4.50 

47 

4.00 

47 

3.90 

47 

3.90 

47 

2.40 

47 

2.35 

47 

2.20 

47 

1.98 

47 

1.95 

47 

1.90 

47 

1.55 

47 

1.18 

47 

SILVER  COINS  OF  THE 
GERMAN  STATES. 

Convention  Thaler 

Rix  Thaler 

Six  Marks 

Bavarian  Dollar 

Rix  Dollars 

Convention  Thalers 

Five  Livres , 

Two-and-a-half  Gilders , 

Specie  Thaler  of  Bavaria..., 

Four  Marks 

Double  Gilder , 

Two  Gilders 

Thaler 

Thalers 

Three  Kreutzers 

Six  Pfennige 

Thaler 

Two  Marks 

Florin 

Florin  

Hungarian  J  Dollar 

24  Marie  Groschen 

Half  Specie  Thaler 

Half  Specie  Thaler 

Florin 

Florin 

Two-and-a-half  Francs 

Gilder 

Mark 

Thirty-six  Grotes 

One-third  Piece 

Half  Thaler 

Two  Lire 

One-sixth  Rix-dollar 

Thirty  Kreutzers 

Half  Florin 

Half  Florin 

Half  Thaler 

One-third  Thaler 

Half  Gilder 

Ten  Schilling 

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Twenty  Schillings,  (base)... 

Half  Gilder 

One-sixth  Specie  Thaler 

Twenty  Grani 

Six  Marie  Groschen 

Half  Mark 

Quarter  Florin 

One-sixth  Rix  Thaler 

Twelve  Grotes 

One-sixth  Piece 

Four  Groschen 

Four  Marie  Groschen 

Five  Schillings 

Twenty-five  Centimes 

Ten  Kreutzers 

One-quarter  Mark 

One-twelfth  Thaler 

Six  Grotes 

One-twelfth  Thaler 

Six  Grotes 

Lira 

Ten  Centimes 

Five  Centimes 

Six  Kreutzers 

Two  Groschen 

One-twenty-fourth  Thaler.... 
One-forty-eighth  Thaler 


COLD  COINS  OF 


1.30 
1.06 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.90 


[  ITALY, 

45j  One  Hundred  Livres 19.15    63 

45 li Eighty  Livres I  15 


.90 

51 

.90 

51 

.90 

51 

.90 

51 

.90 

53 

.90 

53 

.90 

53 

.90 

53 

.90 

53 

.80 

53 

.70 

53 

.70 

55 

.70 

55 

.65 

55 

.02 

55 

.01 

55 

.65 

57 

.50 

57 

.45 

57 

.42 

57 

.45 

57 

.45 

57 

.45 

57 

.42 

59 

.42 

59 

.38 '59 
.37  I  59 
.35  59 
.25  59 
.28  59 
.28  I  59 
.30  59 
.30 '  59 
.20 '59 
.20  59 


.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.16 
.15 
.15 
.12 
.17 
.15 
.15 
.12 


.12161 
.10161 
.10  61 


.10 

61 

.10 

61 

.10 

63 

.08 

63 

.08 

63 

.08 

63 

.08 

63 

.06 

63 

.06 

63 

.05 

63 

.05 

63 

.04 

63 

.04 

63 

.04 

63 

.02  63 
.03  63 
.02  63 


.02 
.01 


49  ij  Ninety-six  Livres. 

49;lTen  Scudi 

49|  Forty  Livres 

49|JTwoDoppia 

49    Twenty  Livres 

49|!six  Drachmi 

51 1, Sequin 

51'  Ten  Livres  


30  63 
.00  63 
1.00  63 
.60  63 
.25  65 
.80  I  65 


3. 
3. 
2, 
1.90165 


.80165 
!.20   65 


INDEX  TO   PETERSONS'   COMPLETE   COIN   BOOK. 


SILVER  COINS  OF 

ITALY. 

Ten  Livres  of  Tuscany 

Sardinian  Scudo 

Ten  Pauls  of  Tuscany 

Roman  Crown 

Roman  Scudo 

Crown  of  Bologna 

Venetian  Scudo 

Roman  Scudo 

Sicilian  Scudo , 

Scudo 

Five  Lire,  (Lombardy) 

Five  Livres 

Five  Francs 

Neapolitan  Scudo 

Neapolitan  Ducat 

Five  Drachmi,  (Greece) 

Five  Pauls 

Fifty  Grani 

Two  Livres 

Half  Scudo,  (base) 

Half  Scudo 

Half  Scudo 

Roman  Testoou 

Two  Lire  of  Sicily 

Two  Lire  of  Sicily 

Roman  Testoon 

Two  Pauls 

Florin , 

Lira 

One-fiftb  Scudo  of  Lucca 

Sicilian  Lira 

Franc 

Livre 

Drachmi,  (Greece) 

Twenty  Grani 

Two  Carlin 

Half  Testoon 

Half  Drachmi,  (Greece) 

Ten  Soldi 

Quarter  Testoon 

Fifty  Centimes 

Ten  Grani 

Carlin 

Seven  Soldi 

Five  Soldi 

SILVER  AXD  GOLD  COIXS  OF 
SWEDEN,  DENMARK  &  NORWAY, 

Eight  Marks 

Specie  Dollar 


1.50 

65 

1.25 

65 

.95 

65 

.95 

65 

.95 

65 

.95 

65 

.95 

67 

.95 

67 

.90 

67 

.90 

67 

.90 

67 

.90 

67 

.90 

69 

.84 

69 

.72 

69 

.78 

69 

.44 

69 

.36 

69 

.35 

69 

.28 

69 

.45 

69 

.28 

69 

.28 

69 

.35 

69 

.35 

71 

.28 

71 

.18 

71 

.18 

71 

.18 

71 

.18 

71 

.16 

71 

.16 

71 

.16 

71 

.15 

71 

.15 

71 

.15 

71 

.14 

71 

.07 

71 

.07 

71 

.07 

71 

.07 

71 

.06 

71 

.06 

71 

.05 

71 

.04 

71 

1.10 

.98 


SILVER  A'SD  GOLD  COINS  OF 
SWEDEN,DENMARK  &  NORWAY, 

Rix-dollar 

Specie  Dollar 

Old  Ducatoon 

Sis  Marks,  (old  piece) 

Forty  Schillings 

Four  Marks 

Half  Rix-dollar 

Half  Specie  Dollar 

One-fifth  Specie  Dollar,  (base). 

One-fourth  Specie  Dollar 

Sixteen  Skillings,  (basej 

Twenty-four  Skillings 

Twelve  Skillings,   (base) 

Twenty  Skillings 

Double  Ducat 

Eight  Skillings 

Twenty-four  Skillings,  (base).. 

Two  Skillings,  (base) 

Twelve  Skillings  

Eight  Danish  Skillings 

Eight  Skillings 

Four  Skillings 

Two  Skillings 


SILVER  COINS  OF  THE 
NETHERLANDS    &   HOLLAND. 


Silver  Lion 

Three  Gilders 

Old  Rix-dollar 

Sixty  Schillings 

Crown  of  Zurich 

Specie  Dollar 

Ducatoon 

Rix-dollar...., 

Two-third  Rix-dollar., 

Thirty  Stivers 

Specie  Dollar 

Rix-dollar 

Thirty  Stivers 

Half  Rix-dollar 

Two-thirds  Thaler 

Gilder 

Gilder 

Ten  Stivers 

One-sixth  Rix-dollar... 

Six  Stivers 

Five  Stivers 

Eight  Stivers,  (Tiase).. 


.98 
.90 
.73 
.60 
.48 
.48 
.44 
.20 
.20 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.05 
4.40 
.08 
.06 
.04 
.05 
.04 
.03 
.02 
.01 


.98 
1.06 
.98 
.98 
.98 
.98 
.90 
.90 
.60 
.56 
.98 
.90 
.56 
.38 
.43 
.34 
.30 
.18 
.15 
.09 
.08 
.06 


SILVER  COINS  OF  THE 
NETHERLANDS  &  HOLLAND, 

Six  Stivers 

Half-Rix-doUar 

Quarter  Florin 

Two  Stivers 


GOLD  AND  SILVER   COINS  OF 

RUSSIA  AND  POLAND. 

Imperial 

Five  Roubles 

Five  Roubles 

Rouble-and-a-Half 

Rouble  

Five  Zlot 

Five  Zlot 

Half  Rouble 

Half  Rouble 

Thirty  Kopeks 

Two  Zlot  

Twenty-five  Kopeks 

Twenty  Kopeks 

One  Zlot 

Ten  Kopeks 

Five  Kopeks 


SILVER  AND  GOLD  COINS  OF 
inEKEY. 

Twenty  Piastres 

Five  Drachmi 

Utchlik 

Half  Altilik 

Altmichlik 

Piastre  

Half  Drachm 

Twenty  Drachmi 


SILVER  COINS  OF 
HAYTL 

One-hundred  Cents 

Twenty-five  Cents 

Twelve  Cents 

TRIPOLITAN  &  JEWISH  COINS- 

Ghersh  of  Tripoli 

Fifteen-cent  Piece 

Three-cent  Piece 


.06 '77 
.42  I  79 
.10179 
.03  77 


4.00  78 
3.95   7S 

78 


3.90 
1.07 
.78 
.50 
.48 
.35 
.34 
.18 
.18 
.13 
.10 
.10 
.05 
.03 


78 
78 
78 
78 
78 
78 
78 
78 
78 
78 
78 
78 
78 


.86  79 
.S0i79 
.10i79 
.10 !  79 
.05  j ' 
.04  ■  79 
.08  79 
3.40  I  79 


.00 
.00 
.00 


.10 
.15 
.03 


79 
79 

79 


79 
79 
79 


PETERSONS 


f 


COMPLETE    COIN    BOOK. 

CONTAINING 

PERFECT     FAC-SIMILES 

OF    ALL    THE    VARIOUS 

Gold,   Silver,   and  other  Metallic  Coins   throughout  the  World, 

WITH    THE    PRESENT 

UNITED  STATES  MINT  VALUE  OF  EACH  COIN  UNDER  IT. 


GOLD    COINS    OF    THE  UNITED  STATES,  AND    PRIVATE    COIN- 
AGE   OF    GEORGIA,  CALIFORNIA,  UTAH,  ETC. 


STATES 


Double  Ea^Ic,  $lii. 


Old  Eaglo,  $iin..->0. 


Old  Eagli-,  10..)0. 


Kaiilc,  $10, 


Ciilifuruia  Eai;le,  $fl.90. 


$9,3J. 


PETERSONS'    COMPLETE    COIN    BOOK. 
GOLD  COINS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


Mormon,  ^4. 


^  Eagle,  *2.')0 


V  Engle.  *2.sn 


G      gi    )f  Eagle,  »2.37. 


California  K  Do'la"'.  'K'  r's- 


California  IJ  Ddlar,  20  cIh 


North  Tarolina  Dollar,  93  eta. 


SILVER    COINS  OF  THE  UNITED   STATES. 


Pine-tree  shilling,  16  cts. 


Ji  Dollar,  25  cla. 


•4'  Dollar,  2.i  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  THE  UNITED  STAT-ES—Coiitinued. 


COPPER  AND    NICKEL    COINS   OF    THE   UNITED  STATES 


New  Xickel,  1  ct. 


Old  Copper,  1  cent. 


Nickel,  1  cent. 


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GOLD  AND  SILVER  COINS   OF   MEXICO. 


^^JI; 


Real,  12  cts. 


>J  Ki>;.l,  6  els. 


}^  Real,  3  cts. 


)i  Keal,  3  an. 


^  Rea',  3  ci-rt. 


^  Real,  6  cts  H  Real,  6  cts. 


GOLD  COINS  OF    SOUTH  AND   CENTRAL  AMERICA. 


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GOLD   COINS  OF   SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL    AMERICA— Continued. 


Doubloon,  $15.50. 


Doubloon,  $15.50. 


Doubloon  $13.50. 


Doubloon  $15.50 


Doubloou,  $15.50. 


Doubloon,  $15.2.5, 


li  Doubloon,  $7.75. 


}i  Doubloon,  $7.73. 


li  Joe,  ^Bi-iizil)  $6  to  $8. ,50.         Moidore,  (Brazil)  $4.75. 


Moidore,  $4.75. 


>4  Doublocm.  $3.67. 


Pistole,  $3.75. 


Pistole,  $3.75. 


Pistole,  $3.79. 


Pistole,  $3.75. 


Pistole,  $3.75. 


Pistole,  $3.75. 


a  Pistole,  90  cts.      }i  Pistole,  87  cts.     X  Pistole,  90  cts  -^  Pistole,  90  cts.  Ji  Pistole,  90  els.  }i  Pistole,  (Brazil)  BO  cts.    H  Pistole,  $1.87.  \i  Pistole,  $1.87 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL  AMERICA. 

t"^"""trT7TT7;.. 


060  Eeis,  $1. 


Eight  reals,  lill 


Eight  reals,  tl. 


Eight  reals,  $1. 


E^al.t  rf:ils,  *1. 


Eight  reals,  $1. 


F.ijiht  reals,  fjd. 


EiK'  t  r.-^il»,  *1 


Eicht  rciils,  $1 


Eight  reals,  $1. 


Eight  reals,  $1. 


Eight  reals,  $il. 


Eight  reals,  tl. 


Eight  reals,  $1 


Eight  reals,  $1. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL  AMEBICA— Continued. 


Real,  11  cts. 


Real,  11  cts. 


Real,  11  cts 


Real,  11  eta 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL  AMBBICA— Continued. 


Four  reals,  44  cts. 


Four  realB,  34  cts. 


Four  reals,  (base)  3.3  eta. 


Four  reals,  (l)ase)  33  cts. 


2  Reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  cts 


Two  real-s,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  eta. 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


X|^: 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Two  reals,  20  eta 


Two  reals,  20  cts. 


Real,  11  cts. 


Red,l,  11  eta. 


Heal,  11  cts. 


Real,  11  cts. 


Real,  11  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL   AMERICA— Continued. 


Real,  8  cts. 


Real,  S  cts.  ^  Real,  6  cts  >J  Real,  4  cts.  y^  Real,  6  cts.  )^  Real,  5  cts. 


)^  Real,  5  cts.  ^.j  Real,  .'i  eta.  >i  Real,  5  cts.  >i  Real,  5  eta.  J-j  Real,  6  cts. 


GOLD  COINS   OF   GREAT  BRITAIN. 


^  Guinea,  t2.50.  >^  Gmnea,$2.50.  Sovereign,  $4.S2.  Sovereign,  $4.82.  Sovereign,  $4.82.  SoveieigQ,  $4.82 


Suvereitjn.  S4  82. 


■.-  Ouiaea,  $1.66.     jj  Sovereign,  iil2.40.    Ji  Guinea,  $2.50.     K  Sovereign,  l|;2.40.   ;.,' Sovoreign,  $2.S0.   .t,' Sovereign,  *J.«.   JJ  Sovereign,  $2.40.    ;,;  Sovereign,  »2. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN. 


William  III.  crown,  $1.10. 


Wiiliam  HI.  crowQ,  $1.10. 


Qiieea  Anne  crown,  $1.10. 


Queeu  Audc  crown,  $1.10. 


Victoria  crown,  $1.10. 


Victoria  crown,  $1.10. 


George  111.  crown,  $1.10. 


Victoria  crown,  $1.10. 


Bank  of  Ireland  6is.  token,  $1. 


Bank  of  Ireland  Cs.  token,  $1. 


Crown,  $1 


Charles  H.  crown,  $1.10. 


Bank  of  England  5s.  token,  $). 


William  and  Mary  J^  crown,  65  cts.  William  and  Mary  >i  crown,  05  cts.  William  and  Mary  >^  cmwn,  55  ets, 


Queen  Anne  ^  crown,  65  cts. 


Charles  II.  >^  crown,  65  cts. 


>i  Crown,  55  ets. 


X  Crown,  55  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 


Threepenny  Piece,  5  cts. 


Threepenny  piece,  o  cts. 


Threepenny  Piece,  5  cts 


Twopenny  Piece,  3  cts. 


fW' 


Twopenny  Piece,  3  cts.  l>id,  2  cts.  Id,  2  cts. 

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GOLD    COINS    OF   FRANCE. 


Double  Louis-d'or,  $9 


40  francs,  $7.(34. 


40  franca,  $7.64. 


40  francs,  $7.64. 


20  Francs,  $3.32. 


20  Francs,  $3.82. 


20  Francs,  93.82. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  FRANCE. 


Five  franca,  90  cts 


Five  francs,  90  cts. 


Five  francs,  90  cts 


Five  francs,  90  ctf; 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  FRANCE— Continued. 


Five  francs,  90  cts. 


Vive  francs,  90  ct». 


Five  francs,  90  cts 


Five  francs,  90  cts. 


Five  francs,  90  eta. 


Five  francs,  90  cts. 


Five  francs,  90  cts. 


Five  francs,  90  cts. 


Franc,  18  cts.  Franc,  18  cts.  '.^  Crown,  12  cts.  ^  Crown,  12  cts, 


Crown,  1*2  cts. 


12  Sols,  10  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  FRANCE— Continued. 


10  Sob,  8  cts. 


i^  Franc,  8  cts 


8  cts.         50  Centimes,  8  cts.     i'l  Centimes,  4  cts.       }^  Franc,  4  cts.        }^  Franc,  4  cts. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  SPAIN 


Doubloon,  $15.57. 


Quarter  Doubloon,  $4. 


Pistole,  Itt. 


;,^  Pistole,  5^2.  ,%(  Pistole,  *1 .   K  Pis'ole,  *1. 


SILVER    COINS  OF  SPAIN. 


SpLin.^li  Aii-tiia,u  Kix-doUar,  90  cts 


Scudo.  90  ctp. 


Five  pesetas,  93  cts. 


Resallado  of  10  reals,  48  ct«. 


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SILVER  COINS   OF  SFAIN— Continued. 


)t  Dollar,  22  cts. 


Pillar  '^  Dollar,  22  cts.  Quarter  Dollar,  22  cts.  '^  Dollar,  -»  ■    .  llcaJ  p'slarceu,  16  cts.       Head  pistareen,  16  cts. 


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GOLD  COINS  OF  PORTUGAL  AND   BRAZIL. 


Moidore,  $4.75. 


Uoidore,  $8. 


Dobrao,  $.34. 


}i  Joe,  $6  to  $8.50. 


Crown,  $5.75. 


..iK^ffi 


$1.75. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  PORTUGAL  AND  BRAZIL. 


K  Crown.  4fi  ct?. 


1-^  Crown,  48  cts. 


300  Reis,  35  cts 


Piece  of  200  Reis,  20  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  PORTUGAL  AND  BRAZIL— Continued. 


40  Reis,  5  cts. 


40  Reis,  5  cts 


GOLD  AND  SILVER  COINS  OF   SWITZERLAND. 


10  BatzoD,  18  Ota 


10  Batzen,  18  cts. 


20  Schillings,  10  cts. 


G  Batzea,  B  cts. 


5  Batzeu,  8  cts. 


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SILVER  AND  GOLD  COINS  OF  SWITZERLAND— Cowimwerf. 


Diicut,  (Gold)  »2  20. 


2J^  Batzco,  3  cts. 


GOLD  AND  SILVER  COINS  OF  AUSTRIA  AND   HUNGARY. 


SoTerain,  (Gold)  $6.68. 


Soyerain,  (Gold)  $6.63. 


Sov.-iaiu,  (aold).*6,6; 


oveiaiii,  (L...UI)  *iJ,OS.     Double  Ducat,  (Gold)  $4.75.    K  Sot.,  (Gold)  $3.32. 


fA  m  Y  i^ 

ijszj^  -ssj^'i^rai-;,^  ^<S^v^'Sfy         N;^„'vsi:?:.'\>/         \iJX  " 

J<  Sot.,  (Gold)  $3.32.         J^  Sot.,  (Gold)  $3.32.        >i  Sot.,  Gold)  $3.32.      Ducat,  (Gold)  $2.25.      Dticat,  (Gold)$2  25.       Ducat,  (Gold)  S2  2.5.     Ducsvt,  (Gold)  $2.25. 


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SILVER  COINS    OF  AUSTRIA  AND  HUNGARY— Continued. 


V, 


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SILVER  AND  GOLD  COINS  OF  AUSTRIA  AND  HUNGARY— CoM^mw^d 


Ducat,  (Gold)  $2.21. 


10  Kreutzers,  6  cts.  5  Kreulzern,  3  cts. 


5  Kreiitzers,  3  cts. 


GOLD  AND  SILVER  COINS  OF  THE  GERMAN  STATES. 


10  Thaler,  $7.86. 


Double  Fri'd.  d'or,  $7.86. 


10  Thaler,  $7.S6. 


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GOLD   COINS   OF  THE    GERMAN   ST AT:ES— Continued. 


10  Francs,  $1.90, 


12  Marks,  $1.63. 


>4-  Caroliu,  $1.18. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  THE   GERMAN  ST ATIiS—Contifiued. 


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SILVER  COINS    OP   THE  GERMAN  STATES— Continued. 


Wurtembnrgh  crown,  $1. 


Wurteiiiburgh  crown,  $1. 


OM  iiuwii,  90  cts. 


Convention  thaler,  W  cts. 


Kix-dollar,  90  els. 


Convention  tbaler,  90  cts. 


Rix-dollar,  90  cts 


Kix-dollar,  90  cts. 


Convention  thaler,  90  cts. 


Convention  tbaler,  90  cts. 


Convention  tbaler,  90  cts. 


Convention  tbaler,  90  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  THE    GERMAN  STATES— Continued. 


CoQvention  thaler,  90  cts. 


Convention  thaler,  90  eta. 


Convention  thalor,  90  cts. 


Convention  thaler,  90  cts. 


.^^^i 


ConTentiou  thaler,  90  cts. 


Convention  thaler,  90  eta. 


Convention  thaler,  90  cts. 


Convention  thaler,  90  cts. 


Rix-doUar,  90  cts. 


Rix-dollar,  90  cts. 


Rix-doUar,  90  cts. 


Eix-dollar,  90  eta 


Specie-dollar  of  Bavaria,  90  eta.  Convention  thaler.  90  cts. 


6  Livres,  90  cts. 


2i4  Gilders,  90  cts. 


Four  toarkfl,  80  cts. 


Fonr  marks,  80  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  THE   GERMAN  STATES— Continued. 


Two  gilders.  70  cts. 


Double  glider,  70  cts. 


Thaler,  70  cts. 


Thaler,  65  cts. 


Thaler,  65  cts 


Thaler,  63  cts. 


Thaler,  65  cts. 


Thaler,  65  cts. 


>#^%^. 


.3  Kreutzers,  2  cts. 


6  Pfeonlge,  1  ct. 


6  Pfennlge,  1  ot. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  THE   GERMAN  ST AT'ES— Continued. 


Florin,  42  cts. 


Florin,  42  cts, 


Florin,  42  cts. 


Florin,  42  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS    OF  THE  GERMAN  STATES— Continued. 


a  Specie  thaler,  42  cts. 


Floriu,  42  els. 


l^  Specie  thaler,  42  cts. 


FloriQ,  3S  cts. 


K  Thaler,  30  ots. 


Two  lire,  30  cts. 


j-B  Hix-dollar,  20  cts 


SO  Kreutzers.  20  cts 


14  Floriff,  20  cts. 


H  Florin,  20  cts. 


J,'  Tlialer,  ^0  cts. 


}^  Florin,  20  cts. 


;  Florin,  20  cts. 


K  Floriu,  20  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  THE  GERMAN  STATES— Continued. 


a  Gilder,  17  cts. 


>^  Gilder,  17  cts.  1-6  Specie  ihaler,  15  cts.  1-6  Specie  thaler,  15  ct'j.  20  Graai,  1.5  cts.  6  Marieu  groschen,  13  cts. 


20  Schillings,  12  cts.         6  Mariea  groschen,  12  cts.  >^  Mark,  12  cts. 


1-6  Thaler,  10  cts. 


"i  Florin,  10  cts.  1-6  Thaler,  10  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS    OF   THE  GERMAN  STATES— Continued. 


6  Kreatzers,  3  cts.  6  Kreutzers,  3  els.  6  Kreatzers,  3  eta.  Two  groschen,  2  cts.    2-(th  of  a  Thaler,  2  cts.    Two  groschen,  2  cts. 


GOLD  COINS  OP  ITALY. 


Livres,  $15. 


100  Livres,  $la.lO. 


96  Livres,  $16. 


10  Scudi,  $10. 


96  Livres,  $ia. 


40  Livres,  $7.60. 


40  Livres,  $7.60. 


40  Livres,  $7.60. 


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40  Livres,  $7.60. 


2  Doppia,  $6.2.5. 


2  Doppia.  $6.25. 


Dracbm,  $3.60. 


ao  Livres,  $3.80. 


20  Livies,  $3.30. 


20  Livres,  $3.30. 


Sequin,  $2.20. 


10  Livres,  $1.90. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  ITALY. 


Ten  livreaof  Tuscauy,  $1.60. 


Ten  livres  of  Tuscany.  $l.riO. 


Sardinian  ficudo,  $1.25. 


Sardinian  8cado,  $1.2G 


Ten  pauls  of  Tuscany,  95  cts. 


Roman  crown,  9.')  cts. 


Ten  panls,  95  cts. 


Ten  pauls  of  Tuscany,  Qfi  cts. 


Roman  scudo,  95  cts. 


Crown  of  Bologna,  95  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  IT KLY— Continued. 


Venetian  scudo,  95  cts. 


Crown  of  Bologna,  95  cts. 


Scndo,  90  cts. 


Sicilian  scudo,  90  cts. 


Sicilian  scudo,  90  cts. 


Sicilian  scudo,  90  cts. 


Scudo,  90  cts. 


Scudo,  90  cts. 


Scudo,  90  cts. 


Scudo,  90  cts. 


Scudo,  90  cts. 


Roman  scudo,  95  cts. 


Scudo,  90  cts. 


Scudu,  jii  cts. 


Five  lire  of  Lombardy,  90  cts. 


Five  lire  of  Lombardy,  90  cts. 


Five  livres,  90  cts. 


Five  livres,  90  cts. 


Five  livres,  90  cts. 


Five  livres,  90  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  IHKLY— Continued. 


Roman  testoon,  2S  cts. 


Roman  testoon,  28  cts. 


Two  lire,  35  cts. 


Two  lire,  35  cts. 


Two  lire  of  Sicily,  3j  cts. 


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SILVER   COINS   OF    TIKLY— Continued. 


Two  liro  of  Sicily,  35  cts.      Roman  testoon,  2S  cts.         lloman  testoon,  2S  cts.         Roman  testoon,  2S  cts.         Roman  testoon,  28  cU.  Two  pauls,  18  eta. 


jFlOKlNO 

Fiuriu,  18  cts, 


Lira,  18  cts.  l-5th  Scndo  of  Lucca,  18  cts.        1-5  Scudo  of  Lucca,  18  cts.  Sicilian  lira,  16cts. 


Sicilian  lira.  16  cts. 


10  Gi-aui,  ti  cts. 


Carlin,  6  cts. 


5  Soldi.  Ids  0  Soldi,  IPti 


SILVER  COINS    OF    SWEDEN,  DENMARK,  AND  NORWAY. 


Specie  dollar,  98  cts. 


8  Marks,  $1.10. 


8  Marks,  $1.10. 


Specie  Uix-JoUar,  98  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  SWEDEN,  DENMARK,  AND  NORWAY— Con/mMe<;. 


Specie  dollar,  98  cts. 


Old  ducatoon,  90  cts. 


Old  dacatoon,  90  cts. 


Rix-doUar,  98  eta. 


40  Schillings,  60  cts 


7.1  cts. 


4  Marks,  48  cts. 


^  Specie  dollar,  44  cts. 


4  Marks,  48  cts. 


4  Marks,  4>  cts. 


}i  Specie  dollar.  44  cts. 


.■>-<^!^y\ 


1 


rf?  % 


16  Skillings,  (base)  10  cts. 


J^  Rix-dollar,  4,1  cts 


1-5  Specie  dollar,  (base)  20  cts. 


12  Skillings,  (base)  10  cts. 


24  Skillings,  10  cts.  ,'.;  Specie  dollar,  20  cts.  \  Spficie  dollar,  20  cts.  12  Skillings,  (base)  10  cts.  20  Skillings,  5  cts. 


20  Skillings,  5  cts 


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GOLD  &  SILVER  COINS  OF  SWEDEN,  DENMARK,  AND  NORWAY. 


Double  Ducat,  (Sweden)  Gold,  $4.40.  8  SkiUings,  8  cts. 


24  Skilliags,  6  ots. 


2  SkilUng^,  4  cts  8  Skillings,  4  eta. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  NETHERLANDS  AND  HOLLAND. 


Silver  lion,  9S. 


3  Gilders,  $1.0(i. 


Old  Rix-doUar,  9S  cts. 


Silver  lion,  9S  cts. 


60  Schillings,  9S  cts. 


Crown  of  Zurich,  98  cts. 


Ducatoon,  90  cts. 


Specie  dollar,  9S  cts. 


%  Ri.x-doUar,  60  eta, 


Ducatoon,  90  cts. 


Rix-dulhir,  W  ct^. 


30  Stivers,  56  cts 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  NETHERLANDS  AND  KOI^LAND— Continued. 


Eix-doUar,  90  ct8 


Rix-doUar,  90  eta. 


Rix-dollar,  90  cts. 


Kix -dollar,  90  eta. 


Specie  dollar,  9S  ct«, 


Old  Rix-dollar,  90  cts 


a  Rix-dollar,  38  cts. 


>a  Rix-dollar,  33  cts. 


2  Stivers,  3  cts. 


30  Stiyers,  56  cts. 


Rix-dollar,  90  cts. 


%  Thaler,  43  cts. 


2  Stivers,  3  cts. 


Gilder,  30  cts. 


10  Stivers,  18  cts. 


Gilder,  34  otf. 


Gilder,  34  cts. 


10  Stivers,  18  cts. 


6  Stivers,  9  cts. 


8  Stivers,  6  cts. 


1-6  Rix-dollar,  15  cts.  6  Stivers,  9  cts. 


6  Stivers,  6  cts. 


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PETERSONS'    COMPLETE    COIN    BOOK 


GOLD  AND  SILVER  COINS  OF  RUSSIA  AND  POLAND. 


t  PJBAEJl  SI 

\tK     18  3  3    ^/ 


a  Koublen,  (Uold)  $3.95. 


5  Roubles,  (Gold)  $3.90. 


Impejial,  (UulJ)  $4. 


Rouble  and  a  half,  $1.07. 


Rouble,  78  Ct8. 


Rouble,  7S  cts. 


Rouble,  73  cts. 


Rouble,  7S  cts. 


Rouble,  78  cts. 


Rouble,  7S  ct^ 


S  Zlot,  60  cts. 


6  Zlot,  48  cts. 


5  Zlot,  -IS  cts. 


25  Kopeks,  13  cts.  2'>  Kopoks,  13  cts. 


20  Kopeks,  10  cts.  10  Kopeks,  5  cts.       10  Kopeks,  5  cts.  J  Kopeks,  3  ris. 


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SILVER  AND  GOLD    COINS  OF   TURKEY. 


20  Drachmi,  (Gold)  $3.40. 


>^  Dracnm,  8  cts. 


SILVER  COINS  OF   HAYTI. 


The  genuine  pieces  of  Hayti  are  of  low  Silver,  and  a.  large  number  of  those  in  circulation  are  counterfeit,  consequently  no 
ciiiioslties  by  antiquarians. 


!ilu6  is  ftttached  to  them  exci^pt  as 


I 


TRIPOLITAN  AND  JEWISH  COINS. 


A  Jewish  coin,  15  eta. 


Gherbh  ol  Tripoli,  (Copper)  10  cts. 


SILVER  COINS    OF  THE   NETHERLANDS. 


}i  RiK-doUar,  42  cts. 


X  Florin,  10  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  CANADA. 


Ten-cent  Kece,  10  ct». 


Twenty-cent  Pioce,  20  cts 


Five-cent  Piece,  5  cts. 


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various  failures  of  Banks  and  Banking  Institutions,  and  of  the  various  New  Counterfeits  and  Altered  Notes  since  the 
publication  of  the  last  Detector,  and  a  full  and  complete  summary  of  Financial  News  ;  and  eacll  and  every  niuin- 
ber  of  the  Detector  also  contains  a  complete,  full,  and  entire  list  of  all  the  Broken,  Failed,  Closed,  Fraudulent  and 
Worthless  Banks  in  the  Country.     These  are  kept  entirely  separate  and  distinct  from  the  Good  Banks. 

STOCK     I.I?ST    A,>D     \VHOLE!!iAI.F:    PRICKS    CURRENT. 

Each  Number  contains  a  full  and  complete  Stock  List,  corrected  by  the  well-known  house  of 

E.  W.  CLARKE  &  CO.,  Bankers  and  Stock  &  Exchange  Brokers,  Philadelphia, 

(Up  to  the  hour  of  going  to  press, J  of  Loans,  Banks,  Insurance,  Canal,  and  Railroad  Stocks,  showing  tlie  par  value  of  each 
stock,  as  well  as  the  prices  offered,  and  price  asked  for  each  ;  also,  when  the  dividends  on  each  stock  are  due  and  payalde. 

WHOLESALE  PRICES  CURRENT.— The  Wholesale  Prices  Current  will  also  be  found  to  be  full,  complete,  and  reliable, 
of  the   latest   operations,  up  to  the  moment  of  going  to  press. 

FINANCIAL  NEWS. — Each  number  contains  a  carefully  written  Money  Article  by  one  of  the  tiest  mCiietarv  writers 
in  this  country,  on  MONEY,  TRADE,  EXCHANGE,  STOCKS,  and  all  other  FINANCIAL  MATTCRS.  Each  number  con- 
tains also  a  Specie  Table,  showing  the  value  of  Foreign  and  American  Coin,  Rates  of  Exchange,  both  Domestic  and 
Foreign  ;  Tables  of  all  Bank  Notes  at  par  in  Philadelphia,  and  where  redeemed,  besides  other  useful  matter,  of  great 
value  to  all  City  and  Country  Merchants,  Storekeepers,  and  all  other  business  men. 

3F>  XT  :^  Xji  X  s  zx  z:  XI.  s '     c.^^xi.x>. 

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latest  particulars  in  relation  to  all  New  Counterfeits,  &c.  Oi-rr  two  tliousaiid  newspapers  in  this  countri/  liare,  u'itliin 
the.  Idat  three,  months,  editnrinlli/  pronounced  '"  PETERSONS'  DETECTOR  the  most  eomplcte,  perfect,  and  only  one  that  can  be 
re! led  on  published  in  this  Country,  the  corrections  being  made  liy  Drexcl  &  Co.,  the  well-known  Bankers  and  Brokers  of  this 
city,  and  also  advise  every  storekeeper  in  the  United  States  to  subscribe  to  it  at  once." 

All  that  is  necessary  for  any  person  to  do,  in  order  to  become  a  subscriber  to  and  receive  PETERSONS'  DETECTOR 
regularly,  is  to  enclose  the  money  to  us  in  a  letter,  and  forward  it  to  us  through  the  Post-Olfice,  when  they  will  after- 
wanl  receive  the  Detector  regularly,  and  also  receive  a  copy  of  "  Petersons'  Coiii/ilete  Coin  Book,"  per  first  mail,  gratuitously, 
which  Coin  Book  is  the  most  complete  and  perfect  one  ever  published  in  the  whole  world. 

Read  the  following  editorial  Notice,  which  is  only  a  sample  of  over  Two  Thousand  Notices  we  have 
received  from  as  many  Newspapers,  all  over  the  Country. 


Get  rnE  Best  Detector. — Potersons'  Detector  and  Bank  Note  List  for 
.T.iniiary  has  been  letreived  liy  us,  and  is  corrected  l)y  Drexel  &  Co..  the 
well-known  Banlters  and  Brokers,  and  it  is  the  best  and  most  relial)Io  Detec- 
tor of  Conuterfeits  and  Altered  Notes  publislied  iu  this  country.  The  nutn- 
l)er  issued  thi.s  day  fully  descrilies  fifty-two  New  Counterfeits,  and  contaius 
a  fac-siiniie  of  a  boj;u«  bank  note  tliat  is  beinjf  altered  to  suit  various  hanks 
all  over  the  country,  and  wliich  is  being  put  into  extensive  circulation.  It 
also  contains  several  otlicr  payes  of  very  valuable  information  of  every  tliiuff 
I)ertainiiif,'  to  hank  notes,  it  lias  been  considerably  enlar^'od  this  montli, 
Iiavini,'  now  forty-eis;lit  pa|;;es  in,  and  contains  also  fuc-similes  of  .several 
hundred  gold  and  silver  coins,  besides.     Wc  have  no  hesitation  in  pronounc- 


in),'  it  the  most  complete,  reliable  and  best  publication  of  the  kind  in  the 
United  States,  as  it  is  not  used  to  subserve  the  intei-est  ofariy  baiikiitj^'-lionse, 
as  most  of  the  so-called  Detectors  are.  It  sliouM  he  in  tlie  liaiitis  of  every 
storekeeper  iu  the  whole  country;  and  we  would  advise  all  persons  who 
hatuUe  money  to  send  two  dollars  in  a  letter,  for  a  year's  subscription,  to  the 
pulilishers,  and  thus  subscribe  for  the  semi-monthly  issue  of  it  at  once  ;  or 
one  dollar  for  the  monthly  issue.  It  is  published  by  T.  B.  Peterson  &  Bro- 
thers, No.  30lj  Chestnut  street,  Philadelphia,  to  whom  all  letters  should  be 
addressed.  A  copy  of  "  Petersons' Complete  Coin  Book,"  the  most  perfect 
and  complete  one  in  the  world,  will  be  given,  gratis,  to  all  subscribers  for 
tSM.—Pltilad'a  Public  Ledger. 


TERMS  OF  SUBSCRIPTION  TO  PETERSONS'  COUNTERFEIT  DETECTOR  AND  BANK  NOTE  LIST. 


FOR     THK     MONTHLY     ISSIJK. 


FOR     THE     SEAII-MONTIILT     ISSUK. 


One  Copy,  Monthly,  One  Year, One  Dollar. 

Four  Copies,  Montlily,  One  Year Three  Dollars 


One  Copy,  Semi-Monthly,  One  Year, Two  Dollars. 

Four  Copies,  Semi-Monthly,  One  Year, ...Six  Dollars. 

ff ilh  a  Copy  or  Petersons'  Complete  Coin  Hook,  gratis,  to  all  Subscribers. 


Postage  on  this  "Bank  Note  List,"   Monthly,  is  SIX  cents  per  year,  or  Semi-Montlily,   TWELVE  cents  a  year,  to  be 
paid  by  subscribers  to  Postmasters  in  their  own  town.      Subscriptions  may  commence  with  any  month. 

TERMS,  ALWAYS  CASH  IN  ADVANCE.     ALL  LETTERS  MUST  BE"aDDRESSED  TO  THE  PUBLISHERS, 

T.  B.  PETERSON  &  BROTHERS,  306  Chestnut  St.,  Philad'a. 


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Subscribed  Capital,  $10,000,000. 

Paid  up  Capital  and  other  Assets,  $3,081,445. 
Held  in  New  York,        .       -       -       .   374,230. 

Auiiiial   lucouie,  over  $1,000,000. 


Losses  adjusted  in  Philadelphia,  and  promptly  paid,  without  reference  to  Liverpool, 

Agent  for  Philadelphia, 


FIRE    BRANCH. 

Fire  Insurance  of  all  descriptions  will  be  affected  at  moderate  rates  of 
premium,  whilst  the  large  Capital  of  the  Company  forms  an  absolute  security 
to  the  assured. 

LIFS     BRANCH. 

Rates  of  Premium  moderate  for  those  insuring  without  participation  in 
Profits,  and  to  those  insuring  at  the  advanced  rates,  which  entitle  them  to  a 
share  in  the  profits  of  the  Comp.any,  it  is  believed  that  no  reliable  Company 
either  in  Europe  or  America,  holds  out  greater  prospective  advantages. 

PROFITS  DECLARED  EVERY  FIVE  YEARS. 

Last  Division  of  Profits  equal  to  TWO  PER  CENT.  PER  ANNUM 

ON     SUMS     ASSURED     OR 

EIGHTY  PER  CENT,  on  the  average  of  all  Premiums  Paid, 

ADDED  TO  THE  AMOUNT  TO  BE  PAID  AT  DEATH. 

C.  H.  FISHER,  Esq.  Messrs.  THOMAS  &  MARTIN. 
ADOLPH  E.  BORIE,  Esq.,  Pres.  Bank  of  Commerce  '<      JAMES,  KENT,  SANTEE  &  Co, 

B.  B.  COMEGYS,  Esq.,  Cashier  Philadelphia  Bank.  "      DAVID  S.  BROWN  &  Co. 

I.  PEMBERTON  HUTCHINSON,  Esq.  S.  MORRIS  WALN  &  CO. 

JOHN  GRIGG,  Esq.  -      N.  TROTTER  &  Co. 

Messrs.  S.  &  W.  AVELSH.  B.  A.  FAHNESTOCK  &  CO. 

Surveyor,  SAMUEL  COPELAND.  Inspector,  WM.  A.  SIMSON. 

Attending  Physician,  DR.  W.  W.  4>JERHARD. 

Constiltin^^  Pliytiici.-in,  DR.  SAiTIIEL  JACK§OIV. 


THE  ONLY  DESIRABLE  BOOK  OF  COINS  PUBLISHED. 

THE 

COINS  OF  THE  WORLD, 


BY 


IMLAY  &  BIGKNELL, 


J 

CONTAINS    A    LARGER    NUMBER    OF    FAC-SIMILES 

OF    THE    VARIOUS 

i©ii,  SILVER,  AMB  ®f  HEB   OOlflS   ©F  TI^E  WOiLi, 

THAN     HAS     APPEAKED     IN    ANY     SIMILAR     WORK     PUBLISHED,     HERE     OR     ELSEWHERE. 

THESE 

MAGNIFICENT    IMPRESSIONS 

( INCLUDING  THE  ONLY  COLLECTION  ON  THIS  CONTINENT,  OF  JAPANESE  AND  JEWISH,) 

ARE  PLACED  IN  THE  ORDER  OF  THE  GOVERNMENTS  AND  NATIONS  TO  WHICH  THEY  PROPERLY  BBLONQ, 
WITH  THE  CORRECT  NAME  OF  EACH  COIN,  AND  ITS 

MARKET  VALUE  UNDER  IT.— TO  WHICH  IS  ADDED  A  MODEL  INDEX, 

ANNOUNCING,  AT  A  SINGLE  GLANCE,  NOT  ONLY  THE  NAME,  PRICE,  AND  PAGE  OF  ANY  COIN  SEARCHED  FOR,  BUT 

THE  EXACT   SPOT  WHERE   tT   MAV  BE  FOUND* 

THIS 

STANDARD    WOUK 

OPENS  WITH  AN  INSTRUCTIVE  REVIEW  OF  THE  ORIGIN  OF  COINS,  WITHOUT  WHICH  NO  COIN  BOOK 

CAN  BE  CONSIDERED  COMPLETE. 

THE  ACT  APPROVED  BY 

GEORGE    WASHINGTON, 

ESTABLISHING    THE 

XJ  ISm?  E3  33   S  T -A.  T  E!  S    MIIST^T, 

IS  SUCCINCTLY  DESCRIBED,  WITH  AN  APPENDIX  OF  THE 

DIRECTORS    OF   THE   MINT   AND    THEIR    TERM    OF   OFFICE    TO    DATE. 


TERMS  OF  SUBSCRIPTION  TO  IMLAY  &  BICKNELL'S  BANK  NOTE  REPORTER, 

CORRECTED    BY 

WORK,  M'COUCH  &  CO.,  BANKERS,  PHILADELPHIA. 

Monthly,  per  annum,     -       $1.00.  |  Semi-Monthly,  per  annum,  $2.00. 

WITH  A  COPY  OF 

IMLAY  &  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD, 

GRATIS  TO  ALL  SUBSCRIBERS. 


PHILADELPHIA: 
PUBLISHED    BY    IMLAY    &    BICKNELL,   BANKERS, 
NO.    112    SOUTH    THIRD    STREET. 


Kit-r^l  accordin:;  to  Act  of  Con:;ress,  in  the  year  1859.  by  IML\Y  &  BIOKVKLL.  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States,  In  and  for  the 

Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania. 


AN 


INSTRUCTIVE 


REVIEW  OF  THE  ORIGIN 


OF  THE 


COINS    OF   THE    WORLD. 


It  may  not  prove  uninteresting  to  take  a  brief  revie-w  of  the  origin  of  Coins,  and  of  the  causes  wliich  led 
to  their  invention.  In  the  early  ages  of  the  world  certain  commodities  were  exchanged  for  others.  This  sys- 
tem is  still  adhered  to  where  coined  money,  or  its  modern  substitute — bank  paper — either  is  not  known,  or 
circulates  to  so  limited  an  extent  as  not  to  meet  the  wants  of  the  people.  This  is  the  case,  in  some  degree,  in 
the  sparsely  settled  portions  of  oiu-  own  country. 

Trade,  so  lonw  as  it  was  restricted  to  mere  barter,  or  exchange,  must  have  been  subjected  to  frequent  in- 
terruptions. The  extreme  inconvenience  attending  the  making  of  such  exchanges,  must,  at  an  early  day,  have 
occupied  the  thoughts  and  attention  of  the  most  enlightened  and  practical  men,  and,  as  a  consequence,  plans 
were  devised  to  avoid,  or  at  least  to  render  the  operations  of  daily  business,  less  harassing  and  perplexing. 
This  led  to  the  introduction  of  the  use  of  the  baser  metals,  in  their  rough  and  rude  state.  These,  when  so- 
ciety was  semi-barbarous,  and  its  wants  few,  sufficed  for  the  purposes  of  trade ;  but,  as  civilization  advanced, 
wealth  increased,  and  commerce  extended,  these  metals  were  cast  aside  as  too  heavy  and  bulky,  and  the  more 
precious — silver  and  gold — were  brought  into  requisition.  Even  these,  when  they  first  began  to  be  used  as 
money,  or  as  a  standard  to  determine  the  value  of  other  articles,  were  in  an  unfashioned  state,  in  bars  and 
ino-ots.  This  practice  was  open  to  serious  objections,  the  chief  of  which  was,  the  utter  impossibility,  in  general 
cases,  of  ascertaining  the  purity  of  the  bar  with  sufficient  accuracy  to  determine  its  actual  value.  It  is  most 
likely,  too,  that  the  operation  of  assaying  was  imperfectly  understood  in  ancient  days ;  or  if  known,  the  know- 
ledge was  confined  to  a  very  few  persons.  Hence  it  followed,  that  the  only  mode  in  determining  the  value  of 
an  ingot  of  gold  or  silver  was  by  its  iveight  and  the  colour  of  the  metal.  A  limited  experience  would  show  the 
extreme  liability  to  err  by  a  dependence  on  such  guides.  In  order  to  remedy  this  evil,  the  aid  of  those 
"skilled  in  metals"  was  sought,  and  a  plan  adopted  by  which  all  could  tell,  at  a  glance,  the  value  of  the  piece. 
This  plan  was  the  issuing  of  Coins,  or  minute  pieces  of  metals,  each  bearing  a  stamp  declaring  either  its  weight, 
purity,  or  value. 

Before  the  introduction  of  metals  as  a  circulating  medium,  an  infinite  variety  of  articles  were  used,  in 
different  countries,  to  serve  the  purposes  of  exchange  among  many  nations.  Shells,  Fruits,  Crrain,  Salt,  Cattle, 
tf-c,  are  still  employed  as  substitutes  for  money.  In  portions  of  Africa,  Shells  are  the  common  medium  of 
exchange,  and  are  denominated  Cowries.  In  Siam  and  Congo,  Shells,  under  the  names  of  Bangs  and  Zimbis, 
are  the  general  currency.  Arabian  Almonds,  in  some  parts  of  India,  are  current  at  a  certain  rate.  In  the 
early  settlement  of  this  country,  specie  being  scarce,  private  as  well  as  public  debts  were  frequently  settled  by 
the  payment  of  Cattle,  Tobacco,  Skins,  Sfc,  at  established  prices.  In  Mexico,  a  country  aboimding  in  silver 
and  gold,  it  is  said.  Cakes  of  Soap,  in  lieu  of  the  smaller  pieces  of  coin,  often  change  hands. 

The  earliest  mention  of  money  is  in  the  23d  chapter  of  Genesis :  "My  loi-d,  hearken  unto  me;  the  land  is 
worth  four  hundred  shekels  of  silver."  "And  Abraham  weighed  to  Ephron  the  silver  which  he  had  named, 
four  hundred  shekels  of  silver,  current  money  with  the  merchant."  These  are  supposed  to  have  been  mere 
lumps  of  metal,  without  any  impress  or  mark,  which  passed  by  weight  only,  as  the  term  shekel,  (which  after- 
wards became  the  name  of  positive  coins  of  gold  and  silver,)  from  Shakal,  to  weigh  fully,  implies.  Originally, 
the  coins  of  all  ancient  countries  seem  to  have  had  the  exact  quantity  of  metal  indicated  by  the  name,  and 


IMLAY   AND    BiCKNELL'S   COINS   OF   THE    WORLD. 


served  as  weights  as  well  as  money.  Thus  the  Drachma  was  a  weight  used  in  the  earliest  periods  by  the 
Greeks,  and  is  the  name  of  a  silver  coin  of  the  present  day.  The  As  or  Pondo,  by  the  KoMANS.  The  Livre 
by  the  French,  and  the  Pound  by  the  Scotch  and  English.  The  next  allusion  to  money  in  the  Sacred 
Writings,  is  in  the  Book  of  Job.  The  money  there  alluded  to  is,  by  some,  supposed  to  be  the  ordinary  shekel, 
stamped  with  the  image  of  a  lamb,  and  called  Kcsitah.  Others,  again,  imagine  that  the  Kesitah  was  not  a 
piece  of  coin,  but  in  fact  a  lamb,  for  ear-rings  are  mentioned  in  the  same  payment,  which  were,  without  doubt, 
the  early  ring-money  of  the  East,  the  exact  representation  of  which  is  displayed  upon  the  hieroglyjjhic  sculp- 
tures and  paintings  of  the  Egyptians.  The  rings  "seem  to  have  been  formed  of  wire  bent  into  circles,  but  not 
fastened,  so  that  they  could  with  ease  be  made  into  a  chain,  from  which  portions  could  be  detached  at  pleasure." 
Similar  rings  are  still  current  in  NuBiA.  On  the  western  coast  of  Africa,  common  twisted  gold  wire,  pounded 
into  rude  rings,  is  still  used  in  lieu  of  coined  gold. 

After  the  time  of  Jacob,  the  shekel,  if  it  had  ever  borne  an  impress,  became  again  the  simple  weighed 
piece — Shekel  ha  kodesh,  or  shekel  of  the  sanctuary.  It  would  appear,  however,  that  as  commerce  became 
more  extended,  the  pieces  of  silver  necessary  to  carry  on  trade  became  vastly  increased  in  number,  with  a  cor- 
responding diminution  in  size ;  for  we  read,  that  the  five  Philistine  lords,  when  endeavouring  to  decoy  Samson, 
the  terror  of  their  nation,  tempted  his  favourite,  Delilah,  by  the  offer  of  a  large  sum  of  money,  which,  when 
she  had  consented  to  be  a  party  to  the  destruction  of  Samson,  they  "brought  in  their  hands,"  it  is  presumed 
to  the  amount  of  their  offer,   "eleven  hundred  pieces  of  money"  each. 

It  has  been  disputed,  and  is  still  matter  of  doubt,  to  what  nation  must  be  attributed  the  first  invention  of 
positive  impressed  Coins  as  money.  The  authorities  upon  whom  most  reliance  can  be  placed,  generally  agree 
that  to  the  Greeks,  from  whom  have  sprung  so  many  of  the  great  features  of  civilization,  this  honour  belongs. 
It  is  true  that  some  have  suggested,  that  the  Persian  Darics  of  gold  and  silver — the  coins  of  the  Phoenician 
colony  at  Malta,  and  the  brass  money  of  Italy,  were  minted  prior  to  the  earliest  known  Greek  coins ;  but  these 
positions  are  not  well  supported  by  facts,  as  in  neither  of  these  cases  do  we  find  a  gradual  development  of  the 
art  of  coining,  from  the  simple  stamping  of  the  lump  of  metal  on  one  side  only,  through  all  its  changes  and 
improvements  to  that  of  the  perfect  coin ;  while  the  coins  of  Greece,  on  the  contrary,  exhibit  the  whole  and 
gradual  progress  of  the  art.  In  all  the  instances  referred  to,  perfect  coins  only,  though  in  the  Maltese  case 
exceedingly  rude,  have  been  found ;  serving  to  prove  that  the  art  was  received  by  them  in  its  already  perfected 
state.  Indeed,  so  far  as  the  Persian  Daric  is  concerned,  it  is  evident  that  they  were  simply  Grecian  coins  of 
the  maritime  provinces,  impressed  by  the  Persian  symbol  of  the  archer  drawing  his  bow,  retaining,  as  they  did,  the 
Greek  standard  weight  and  value,  and  were  issued  after  the  Persian  subjugation  of  Asia  Minor.  The  existence 
of  these  coins  only  proves  that  some  of  the  Greeks  of  Asia  Minor,  most  likely  the  Lydians,  had  an  early  gold 
coinage. 

The  Numismatic  Journal,  an  able  European  publication,  states,  in  reference  to  the  attempt  to  establish  the 
true  origin  of  coins,  that  according  to  the  Parian  Chronicle,  a  record  of  the  third  century  before  Christ,  Phidon, 
king  of  Argos,  in  order  to  facilitate  commerce,  stamped  silver  money  in  the  island  of  ^gina,  in  the  year  before 
Christ,  895.  Now,  as  Homer  existed  immediately  prior  to  this  epoch,  and  makes  no  mention  of  coined  money, 
whilst  he  does  mention  the  system  of  barter,  we  may  infer  that  it  was  unknown  in  his  time ;  for  it  is  impossible 
to  imagine  a  writer,  by  whom  no  art  or  science  has  been  overlooked,  to  have  passed  over  so  useful  an  invention 
as  stamped  coin,  had  it  existed.  In  the  time  of  Lycurgus,  which  followed  that  of  Homer — cei'tainly  not  later 
than  a  century,  though  there  is  some  diflSculty  in  ascertaining  a  more  positive  date  at  present — it  is  equally 
certain  that  gold  and  silver  coin,  as  money,  existed  in  Greece,  as  proved  by  his  law  prohibiting  their  use- in 
Sparta,  and  substituting  iron :  probably  rings,  similar  to  the  iron  ring  money  of  the  early  Celtic  nations,  of 
which  specimens  have  been  discovered  in  Ireland.  This  brings  the  introduction  of  coins  between  the  epochs  of 
Homer  and  Lycurgus,  in  fact  to  the  precise  period  assigned  to  the  invention  of  Phidon ;  and  the  coins  of  ^gina, 
from  the  rudeness  of  their  devices,  and  imperfection  of  their  execution,  may  fairly  be  supposed  to  be  of  the 
age  in  question.  This,  compared  with  the  assertion  of  the  Parian  Chronicle,  the  silence  of  Homei-,  and  the 
law  of  Lycurgus,  seems  fairly  to  authenticate  the  claim  of  Phidon,  and  to  establish  the  origin  of  the  first  cur- 
rent money  as  having  occurred  nearly  nine  hundred  years  before  the  Christian  era,  in  the  island  of  ^gina. 

"  The  art  of  impressing  a  seal  or  signet  was  an  understood  sign  of  solemn  compact  from  the  earliest 
periods,  and  engraved  seals  were  early  in  use ;  and  from  this  circumstance  was  probably  derived  the  idea  of 
stamping  or  sealing  a  lump  of  silver  or  gold,  as  a  guarantee  that  it  was  of  a  certain  weight,  upon  the  faith  of 
which  stamp  it  passed  as  such.  It  is  in  this  form  that  the  first  coins  appear.  The  symbols  with  which  they 
were  first  stamped  were  nearly  always  of  a  religious  character,  possibly  to  add  additional  weight  and  sacredness 
to  the  fact  of  such  sealing  or  stamping ;  and  these  symbols  or  images  of  gods,  it  has  been  observed,  may  possibly 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WO^LD. 


account  for  their  being  placed  in  tombs  with  vases  and  other  sacred  symbols,  from  -which  custom  many  fine 
specimens  have  been  preserved  to  us.  Lucian  has  supposed  they  uere  so  placed  for  paying  the  passage  of  the 
dead  over  the  river  Styx.  The  fiction  of  Charon,  however,  is  of  more  recent  date  than  many  of  the  tombs  in 
which  coins  have  been  found.  Coins  were,  at  first,  stamped  only  on  one  side ;  but  eventually,  by  degrees,  we 
find  the  art  of  stamping  both  sides  discovered.  No  portraits  occur  on  any  coins  previous  to  the  Egyptian  and 
Syrian  dynasties  of  Macedonian  princes,  whom  the  flattery  of  their  subjects  had  raised  to  di\-ine  honours ; 
previously  to  which,  the  nearest  approach  to  portrait  was  obtained  by  representing  a  Jupiter  or  other  deity  in 
the  features  of  the  sovereign  to  be  flattered.  The  Greek  colonies  of  Sicily  and  Italy  eventually  surpassed  the 
mother  country  in  the  beauty  of  their  coins,  of  which  many  exquisite  specimens,  pai'ticularly  of  Syracuse,  are 
to  be  found  in  collections  in  England."  Enj;.  C. 

The  early  currency  of  what  is  now  the  United  States,  was  furnished  chiefly  by  Great  Britain  and  Spain ; 
but  the  wants  of  the  colonists  were  so  great,  and  the  foreign  coin  in  the  country  so  limited  in  amoimt,  that 
Massachusetts,  notwithstanding  the  opposition  of  the  Home  government,  and  despite  the  threats  of  the  Crown, 
determined  to  establish  a  mint  of  its  own.  It  conmienced  the  issue  of  shillings  and  smaller  pieces  in  1652. 
These  continued  to  circulate  freely  in  the  colony  which  issued  them,  and  in  the  neighbouring  provinces  they 
were  generally  taken,  at  their  nominal  value,  in  business.  It  is  said  that  Charles  II.  was  much  displeased  with 
the  colonists  in  Massachusetts  on  account  of  their  coining  this  money,  which  he  considered  a  breach  of  his 
prerogative,  and  threatened  to  Sir  Thomas  Temple,  that  they,  the  colonial  authorities,  should  be  punished. 
Upon  which  Sir  Thomas  took  some  of  the  pieces  from  his  pocket  to  show  to  the  king,  on  the  reverse  of  which 
was  a  pine  tree,*  (from  which  came  the  name  of  pine  tree  coins,  by  which  these  were  generally  denominated,) 
one  of  that  species  of  pine  common  in  the  colony,  that  grows  flat  and  bushy  at  the  top  like  the  Italian  pine. 
The  king  asked  what  tree  it  was;  upon  which  Temple  replied,  of  course  it  was  the  Royal  Oak,  which  had 
preserved  his  Majesty's  life:  upon  which  the  king  said  no  more  of  punishment,  but  laughing,  called  the  coiners 
"honest  dogs."  The  Massachusetts  mint,  not  meeting  with  very  serious  opposition,  continued  for  some  years 
to  put  forth  coined  silver,  and  in  coiu'se  of  time  the  "prerogative"  of  royalty  was  invaded  by  some  other  of  the 
colonies.  These  were  the  only  emissions  of  coins  of  the  precious  metals  previous  to  the  independence  of  the 
Colonies,  and  the  establishment  of  the  National  Mint. 

Shortly  after  peace  was  declared,  the  incipient  measures  for  this  establishment  were  taken  by  Congress, 
but  it  was  not  untd  early  in  1792  that  the,  measure  was  consummated,  and  a  code  of  laws  enacted  for  the 
regulation  of  the  mint. 

In  1834,  an  efibrt  was  made,  which  finally  proved  successful,  either  to  reduce  the  quantity  of  pui'c  metal 
in  our  gold  coins,  by  the  substitution  of  alloy,  or  decrease  their  weight.  This  change  was  grounded  on  the 
fact,  that  the  proportionate  value  of  gold  to  silver  being  lower  in  the  United  States  than  in  European  countries, 
our  metallic  currency  became  almost  exclusively  a  silver  one,  the  gold  being  shipped  ofi'  to  Europe,  because 
furnishing  the  most  profitable  remittance.  A  law  was  introduced  into  Congress,  in  the  summer  of  1834,  and 
passed,  reducing  the  weight  of  the  Eagle  to  258  grains  standard,  and  232  grains  pure  gold,  and  the  shares  in 
a  like  proportion.  Thus  the  standard,  which  before  was  twenty-two  carats  fine,  (that  is,  twenty-two  parts  pure 
metal,  and  two  parts  alloy,)  was  now  21  carats  2^5  grains;  increasing  the  value  of  gold  about  6|  per  cent. 
Again,  in  1837,  it  was  found  advisable  to  slightly  amend  existing  laws,  in  order  to  assimilate  the  coins  of  gold 
and  silver ;  that  is,  to  make  them  of  one  purity — one  part  of  alloy  to  nine  parts  pure.  This  system  has  decided 
advantages  over  the  old,  as  it  simplifies  the  calculations  of  value,  and  is  in  other  respects  to  be  preferred. 

[For  the  following  present  correct  standard  6neness  of  Gold,  Silver,  and  Copper  Coins  of  the  United  States,  we  gratefully  ucknowledgo  our 
indehtedness  to  the  Hon.  J.  Ross  Snowden,  the  present  ahle  and  popular  Director  of  the  United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia  and  its  branches,  with- 
out whose  active  and  zealous  cooperation,  we  could  not  have  completed,  with  accuracy,  this  department  of  our  work.  M'e  beg  to  avail  of  this 
opportunity  also,  to  express  our  thanks  to  the  Banks,  Bankers,  and  Brokers  of  Philadelphia  generally,  for  the  many  personal  favours  granted  to  us; 
and  especially  would  we  mention  the  names  of  Work,  M'Couch  &  Co.,  Mathew  T.  Miller  A  Co.,  and  Messrs.  Cronise  &  Co.,  Bankers,  for  their  in- 
valuable contributions.] 

Gold. — The  Eagle,  of  the  value  of  ten  dollars,  to  weigh  258  grains  standard  fineness ;  viz :  900  thousandths, 
the  Double  Eagle,  the  Half  Eagle,  the  Three  Dollar  piece,  the  Quarter  Eagle,  and  the  Gold  Dollar,  in  proportion. 

Silver. — The  Act  of  January  18,  1839,  fixed  the  weight  of  the  Silver  Dollar  at  412J  grains,  at  which  it 
yet  remains ;  but  the  law  passed  in  1853,  Feb.  21,  reduced  the  weight  of  the  Half  Dollar  to  192  grains,  and 
the  lower  denominations  in  proportion. 

Copper. — The  Cent,  or  one  hundredth  of  a  Dollar,  weighs  72  grains,  and  is  composed  of  88  per  cent. 
Copper,  and  12  per  cent.  Nickel. 

Coinage  being  almost  a  new  branch  of  art  in  the  United  States,  the  early  dies  of  the  National  Mint,  as  a 


*  A  cut  of  this  Coin  may  be  found  on  page  15,  No.  SO  of  Coins. 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


matter  of  course,  were  .rather  rude  and  imperfect  in  execution;  but  there  has  been  a  gradual  improvement,  until 
now  the  larger  coins  equal,  and  the  smaller  ones  excel  in  design  and  workmanship,  the  finest  and  most  perfect 
specimens  of  the  European  mints.  The  Mint  is  now,  and  has  been  for  a  number  of  ye^rs  past,  under  the 
management  of  Hon.  James  Ross  Snowden,  the  Director  of  the  Mint  and  its  branches. 

In  the  year  1835,  it  was  found  expedient  to  establish  branch  Mints,  which,  by  act  of  Congress,  were 
created  and  located  at  Charlotte,  North  Carolina;  Dahlonega,  Georgia;  and  Neio  Orleans,  Louisiana.  The 
latter  "for  the  coinage  of  gold  and  silver,"  and  the  two  former  for  "gold  only."  These  branch  Mints  are 
governed  by  the  same  laws  as  the  principal  Mint,  and  are  "under  the  control  and  regulation  of  the  Director 
of  the  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  subject  to  the  approbation  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury." 

After  the  necessary  buildings  and  machinery  had  been  erected,  the  branches  went  into  operation  in  1838. 
The  coinage  of  the  Mints  is  uniform.  The  issues  of  the  branches  undergo  regular  and  systematic  assays  and 
tests  at  the  parent  Mint,  as  prescribed  by  the  law  establishing  them. 

A  branch  Mint  at  San  Francisco,  California,  was  authorized  by  an  Act  of  Congress,  approved  July  3, 
1852.  It  was  completed  and  commenced  operations  on  the  3d  day  of  April,  1854.  The  Assay  Ofiice  at  New 
York — authorized  by  the  act  of  March  4,  1853 — commenced  operations  on  the  10th  day  of  October,  1854. 

REMEMBER   THIS, 

The  words,  or  initials,  on  coins  are  generally  thus  distinguished  :  When  they  occupy  theyic-W,  and  are  written  across  the  coin,  tlicy  are  called 
an  Inscription  ;  but  when  they  run  round  the  marijin,  or  on  either  side  of  the  figure,  they  are  deuominated  a  Legk.nd,  and  they  are  thus  called 
when  they  are  upon  the  exerr/ue,  which  is  at  the  bottom  of  the  piece,  commonly  separated  from  the  field  by  a  line.  The  side  of  a  coin  on  which  the 
portrait  is  delineated,  is  termed  the  Face  or  Obverse,  and  the  opposite  side  the  Reverse, 


July,  1792. 
July,  1795. 

Oct.  1795. 
July,  1805. 

July,  1824. 
July,  1835. 

July,  1851. 
April,  1853. 
June,  1853. 


DIRECTORS     OF    THE     UNITED     STATES     MINT. 

1st.  David  Rittenhouse,  the  eminent  Philosopher. 

July,  1792,  to  July,  1795.  Pennsylvania. 

Previously  Treasurer  of  Pennsylvania. 


2nd.  Henry  Wm.  De  Saussure,  vice  Mr.  Rittenhouse ;  resigned. 

July  11th  to  Oct.  28th,  1795. 
Afterwards,  and  for  many  years.  Chancellor  of  South  Carolina. 


Charleston,  S.  C. 


3rd.  Elias  Boumnot,  in  place  of  Judge  De  Saussui-e ;  resigned. 

Oct.  1795,  to  July,  1805. 
Previously  President  of  Congress  under  the  Confederation. 


New  Jersey. 


4th.  Robert  Patterson,  on  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Boudinot. 

July,  1805,  to  July,  1824.  PhUadelphia,  Pa. 

Vice  President  of  the  University  of  Penna.,  and  President  of  the  "American  Philosophical 
Society." 


5th.  Dr.  Samuel  Moore,  in  place  of  Dr.  Patterson ;  deceased. 

July,  1824,  to  Jidy,  1835. 
Member  of  Congress  from  Bucks  county,  Pa. 


Pennsylvania. 


6th.  Dr.  Robert  M.  Patterson,  on  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Moore. 

July,  1835,  to  July,  1851.  Philadelphia,  Psu 

Professor  of  Natural  Philosophy  in  the  University  of  Vkginia ;  and  President  of  American 
Philosophical  Society. 


7th.  Dr.  George  N.  Eckert,  vice  Dr.  Patterson ;  resigned. 

July,  1851,  to  April,  1853. 
Member  of  Congress  from  Lebanon  county. 


Pennsylvania. 


8th.  Thomas  M.  Pettit,  in  place  of  Dr.  Eckert ;  resigned. 

April  to  June,  1853. 
Judge  of  the  District  Court  of  Philadelphia. 


Pennsylvania. 


9th.  James  Ross  Snowden,  in  place  of  Judge  Pettit;  deceased. 

June,  1853,  ( present  incumbent.)  Pennsylvania. 

Previously  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Pennsylvania,  Treasurer  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  Treasurer  of  the  Mint. 


Note. — The  Act  establishing  a  "  Mint  of  the  United  States,"  was  approved  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  (Georqb 
Washington,)  on  the  3d  day  of  March,  A.  D.,  1792.     The  institution  did  not,  however,  go  into  operation  until  the  following  year. 


6  IMLAY   AND    BICKNELL'S   COINS   OF   THE    WORLD. 


NEW  CANADA  COINS. 

The  new  coins  issued  in  England  for  nirnulation  in  Canada,  have  made  their  appearance  in  that  country,  and  some  of  them  have  crossed  the 
border  and  reached  our  citizens.  Several  seta  of  these  have  been  obtained  by  the  Director  of  the  Mint,  to  whom  frequent  inquiries  have  been  made 
as  to  their  value  compared  with  our  own  silver  coins.  In  order  to  give  information  un  this  subject,  Mr,  Suowden  has  furnished  us  with  a  statement 
from  I  lie  Assayers  of  the  Mint,  which  we  herewith  present  to  the  public  : 

Assay  Office,  U.  S.  Mint,  Feb.  17, 1859. 
Hon.  J  R.  Snowden,  Director  of  the  3Iint,  ^c. 

Dear  Sie  : — In  compliance  mth  your  request,  "we  present  tlie  folloTving  statement  in  regard  to  the  new 
issue  of  silver  coins  for  the  Canadas,  by  the  British  Government.  You  are  aware  that  the  coins  have  been 
awaiting  some  previous  formality  of  proclamation,  and  have  jusj;  been  put  in  circulation.  Consequently,  we 
have  been  able  to  obtain  but  very  few  specimens.  Our  examination  will  afford,  however,  a  satisfactory  con- 
clusion as  to  the  intended  standards  of  weight  and  fineness ;  and  will  answer  the  question,  whether  there  is  a 
designed  conformity  to  the  currency  of  the  United  States. 

In  respect  to  nomenclature,  they  have  abandoned  shillings  and  pence,  and  have  adopted  a  decimal  system ; 
in  accordance  with  which,  there  are  thi-ee  silver  coins,  of  twenty,  ten,  and  five  cents ;  besides,  copper  cents, 
which  we  have  not  seen.     The  amount  of  coinage  is  said  to  be  quite  large. 

First,  as  to  weight,  they  do  not  harmonize  with  us.  The  average  indicates  a  standard  of  fifteen  hun- 
dredths of  an  ounce  (three  pennyweights)  for  the  twenty  cent  piece ;  the  smaller  pieces  in  proportion.  Our 
half-dollar  being  40  hundredths,  would  make  16  hundredths  for  20  cents.  Next,  as  to  fineness,  they  do  not 
harmonize  with  us.  They  adhere  to  the  British  or  sterling  standard  of  925  thousandths  fine.  This  is  a  de- 
parture from  the  decimal  system  of  nine-tenths,  which,  being  practically  the  standard  in  almost  every  country 
of  North  and  South  America,  may  be  considered  American.  Thirdly,  in  respect  to  value ;  this  must  be  stated 
in  two  ways.  If  it  be  asked,  what  is  the  intrinsic  value,  as  compared  with  om*  coins,  then  the  20  cent  piece 
falls  below  two  of  our  dimes,  by  three-fourths  of  a  cent,  nearly.  If  it  be  asked,  what  will  their  20  cent  piece, 
full  weight,  produce  at  our  Mint,  at  bullion  price,  then  it  is  worth  18|  cents,  nearly.  It  is,  therefore,  not  in- 
terchangeable with  our  currency.  But  by  a  calculation  based  upon  the  intrinsic  relations  of  the  British  coinage 
to  our  own,  (so  as  to  be  able  to  turn  pence  into  cents,)  we  find  the  20  cent  piece  is  regulated  in  its  weight  by  the 
silver  shilling,  and  is  in  due  proportion  thereto ;  or  so  nearly,  that  the  advantage  of  having  an  even  number  of 
pennyweights,  was  taken  into  account. 

AVhat  efiiect  it  will  have  upon  the  currency  of  the  two  countries,  especially  along  the  boundary  line,  to  have 
two  kinds  of  dimes,  it  is  not  easy  to  foresee. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servants, 

j.  r.  ecefeldt, 
Wm.  E.  Dubois. 


MODEL     INDEX 


TO 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S 

COINS   OF   THE   WORLD, 

ANNOUNCING  AT  A  SINGLE  GLANCE,  NOT 

ONLY  THE  NAME,  PRICE,  AND  PAGE  OP  ANY  COIN  SEARCHED  FOR 

BUT  THE  PRECISE  SPOT  (By  Number)  WHERE  IT  MAY  BE 

FOUND,  WITH  THE  PRESENT 

MARKET   VALUE   UNDER   IT. 


GOLD    COINS    OP   THE 


UNITED  STATES. 


Old  Eagle 

OUI  Quarter  Eagle. 

01(1  Half  Eagle 

Half  Eagle 

Double  Eagle 

Old  Half  Eagle 

Old  Quarter  Eagle. 

E.igle 

Quarter  Eagle 

Old  Half  Eagle 

Old  Eagle 

Dollar 

Eagle  

Dollar r 

Double  Eagle 

Old  Half  Eagle 

Three  Dollars 

Dollar 

Dollar 

riiree  Dollars  

Half  Eagle 


•+M+- 


PRIVATE  GOLD  COINAGR  OF  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

Quid  tuple  Eagle 

Quid  tuple  Eagle 

California  2i  Eagle 

California  Double  Eagle 

California  Eagle 

California  Eagle 

California  Eagle 

California  Eagle 

California  Double  Eagle 

Oregon  T.  Beaver  coin 

.1.  S.  0 

California  Eagle 

California  Eagle 

California  Eagle 

California  Eagle 

Cin.  Mining  &  Trading  Co    Eagle.. 

Miners  Bank  Eaglo 

iMormon   Eagle 

California  i  Eagle 

California  h  Eagle 

Calif<»rnia  ^  Eagle 

California  ^   Eagle 

California  i  Eagle 

California  J  Eagle 

California  i  Eagle 

California  i  Eagle 

N.  a  E.igle [ 

Alta  i  Eagle 

Mormon  ^  Eagle 

Oregon  Co.  i  Eagle 


P  o 


10.50 
2.62 
5.25 
5.00 

20.00 
5.25 
2.62 

10.00 
2.50 
6.25 

10.50 
1.00 

10.00 
1.00 

20.00 
5.25 
3.00 
1.00 
1.00 

a.iio 

5.0U 


50.00 
50.00 
2.3.50 
19.20 
9.85 
9.85 
9.S5 
9.85 
16.00 
8.00 
9.85 
9.90 
9.90 
9.85 
9.85 
9.60 
9.85 
8.00 
4.75 
4.75 
4.85 
4.75 
4.75 
4.S5 
4.85 
4.75 
4.75 
4.75 
4.00 
4.75 


PRIVATE  GOLD  COINAGB  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES. 


Georgia  i  Eagle 

Georgia  i  Eagle 

North  Carolina  Dollar.. 
North  Carolina  Dollar.. 

California  i  Dollar 

California  i  Dollar 

California  j  Dollar 

Califoroia  i  Dollar 


SILVER  OOIN.S  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES. 

Quarter  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar 

Quarter  Doll;ir 

Quarter  Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Half  D<.llar 

Half  Dollar 

Half  Dollar 

Half  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar 

Half  Dollar 

Half  Dollar 

Pine  Tree  Shilling 

Pino  Tree  Shilling 

Dime 

Dime 

Dime 

Dime 

Dime 

Half  Dime 

Half  Dime 

Half  Dime 

Three  Cent  Piece 

Three  Cent  Piece 

Half  Dime 

Half  Dime 

Half  Dime 

Three  Cent  Piece 

Three  Cent  Piece 


gold  coins  of 

MEXICO. 

Quarter  Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Sixteenth  of  a  Doubloon... 


2.37 
2  37 
.93 
.93 
.40 
.40 
.20 
.20 


.25 
.25 
.25 
.25 
.25 
.25 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.60 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.25 
.25 
.50 
.50 
.16 
.16 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.03 
.03 
.06 
.05 
.05 
.03 
.03 


3.75 
16.45 

15.45  15 
.90, 15 


SILVER  COINS  OF 

MEXICO. 


Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar., 

Half  Dollar 

Dollar 

Half  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar.. 
Quarter  Keal.... 
Quarter  Real.... 

Real 

Half  Real  

Quarter  Dollar.. 

Half  Real 

Hair  Real 

Quarter  Real.... 

Quarter  Real 

Quarter  Real 


.03 1 16 
.0316 
.12  16 
.06  16 
.25116 
.06  16 


GOLD  COINS  OF 
SOUTH    &   CENTRAL  AMERICA. 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Half  Doubloon .'.'.' 

Half  Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Half  Doubloon 

Quarter  Doubloon 

Quarter  Doubloon 

Doubloon 

Quarter  Doubloon 

Quarter  Doubloon 

Eighth  D(.ubloon 

Eighth  Doubloon 

Eighth  Doubloon 

Eighth  Doubloon 

Quarter  Doubloon 

Eighth  Doubloon 

Eighth  Doubloon 

Si.\teenth   Doubloon 

Sixteenth  Doubloon 

Sixteenth   Lioubloon 

Sixteentk  Doubloon 

Sixteenth  Doubloon 


.06 

16 

.03 

16 

.03 

16 

.03 

16 

.60 

16 

.60 

16 

50 

16 

50 

16 

50 

16 

50 

16 

60 

16 

60 

16 

76 

17 

76 

17 

50 

17 

50 

17 

75 

17 

75 

17 

76 

17 

60 

17 

76 

17 

75 

17 

87 

17 

87 

17 

87 

17 

87 

17 

75 

17 

87 

17 

87 

17 

90 

17 

90 

17 

90 

17 

90 

17 

90 

17 

10 

11 

12 
13 
14 
16 
16 
17 
IS 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 


INDEX  TO  IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINSOF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER    COINS    OP 

SOUTH  &  CENTRAL  AMERICA. 

Eistt.  Reiils 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals  (base) 

Eight  Reals,  (base) 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals,  (base) 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals  

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Eight  Reals 

Quarter  Dollar 

Four  Reals,  (base) 

Four  Reals 

Four  Reals 

Quarter  Dollar  

Four  Reals 

Four  Reals,  (base) 

Four  Reals,  (base) 

Four  Reals 

Four  Reals,  (base) 

Two  Reals 

Four  Reals,  (base) 

Two  Reals 

'Four  Reals,  (base) 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals 

Two  Reals.. 
Two  Reals, 
Two  Reals, 
Two  Reals.. 
Two  Reals.. 
Two  Reals.. 
Two  Reals.. 
Two  Heals.. 
Two  Reals.. 
Two  Reals.. 
Two  Reals.. 
Two   Reals., 

Heal , 

Real 

Real 

Two  Reals.. 
Heal 


(base)., 
(base). 


al.. 


Re 

Real 

Heal 

H.iil , 

Ri-al,  (base) . 
Ri'al,  (ba.>:e).. 

Heal 

Real 


Rea 


Real.. 

Real 

Real., 

Real. 

Tn 

Real 

Real 

Real 

Real 

Real 

Heal 

Real 

Heal 

Heal 

Real 

Half    R.al 


on  18 
.oojis 
(lojis 

0(1118 
.00  18 
.00  IS 
.0(I|1S 
.18|19 
.:i5'l9 
.45JH) 
.45  19 
.20,19 
.47  19 

.as  19 

.35 


.47 
.:i5 
.20 
.35 
.20 
.35 
.18 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.15 
.15 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 


.15 
.16 
.15 
.20 
.12 
.12 
.12 
.10 
.12 


20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 

.iii;2ii 

.10  20 
.12,20 
.121  20 
.08 1 20 
.08i20 
.12|20 
.12120 
.12  20 
.12|20 
.08,20 
.12  20 
.20  20 
.1: 


.10 
.12 
.12 
.12 
.12 


.12  20 


.06  20 


31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 
101 
02 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 


SILVER  COINS  OF 

SOUTH  &  CENTRAL  AMERICA 

Half  Real 

Real 

Real 

Real 

Half  Real 

Real.... 

Half  Real 

Half  Real 

Half  Re.al 

Half  Real 

Real 

Half  Real 

Half  Heal 

Half  Real 


GOLD    COINS    OP 

BRAZIL  AND  PORTUGAL. 

Half  Joe,  (Brazil) 6.00  to 

Half  Joe,  (Brazil) 6.00  to 

Dubrno 

Moidore 

Moiilore 

One  Twelfth  Moi.lore 

One  Twolflh  .Moiilore 

One  Terjth  Joe 

Moidore,  (Brazil) 

Crown 

One  Twenrietli  Joe 

One  Twelfth  Moidore 


SILVER  COINS  OF 


BRAZIL   AND   PORTUGAL. 


Piece  of  900  Reis 

Piece  of  960  Reis 

Piece  of  960  Reis 

Piece  of  960  Reis 

Cruzado 

Piece  of  960  Reis 

Piece  of  960  Reis 

Cruzado 

Piece  of  1200  Reis,  (base).. 

Half  Crown 

Piece  of  150  Reis 

Half  Crown 

Piece  of  640  Reis 

Piece  of  40  Reis  

Piece  of  200  Reis 

Piece  of  200  Reis,  (base)... 
Piece  of  2000  Reis,  (b.a.se).. 
Piece  of  200  Reis,  (base)... 

Piece  of  40  Reis 

Piece  of  80  Reis 


COI.D  COINS  OF 

GREAT  BRITAIN  &  COLONIES. 


Double  Sovereign 

Mohur 

Five  Sovereigns 

Guinea 

Sovereign 

Sovereign 

Guinea 

Sovereign 

Sovereign 

Half  Guinea 

Half  Guinea 

Half  Guinea 

Third   Guinea 

Half  Sovereign 

Half  .S»tvereign 

Sovereign 

Sovereign 

Half  Sovereign 

Half  Sovereign 

One  Fourth  Sovereign. 


.06 
.12 
.12 
.12 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.00 


123 
124 
125 

126 
127 
128 
129 
130 
131 
l.'!2 


.10  iiI'Vi?. 
.06, 20  13-1 


.06  20 
.06  20 


8.50 
8.50 
14.00 
6.00 
4.75  20 
.60  21 


.50 

1.75 

4.75  21 

5.75121 

.90*21 

.50  21 


1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.50 

1.00 

1.00 

.50 

1.00 

.50 

.15 

.50 

.64 

.06 

.16 

.25 

1.00 

.25 

.06 

.12 


21  13 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 

21 


9.60 
6.75 
24.20 
5.O0 
4.80 
4.83 
5.00 
4.83 
4.83 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
1.66 
2.41 
2.41 
4.83 
4.83 
2.41 
2.41 
1.10 


SILVER  COINS  op 

GREAT  BRITAIN   &  COLONIES 

William  III.  Crown 

William  111    Cniwii 

Victoria  Cr.iwn 

Victoria  Crown 

Bank  of  Ireland  0   Sliil    T..kuii 


1.10  22 
1.10'22 
1.15  22 
1.15  22 
1.00  22 


SILVER  COINS    OF 

GREAT  BRITAIN  &  COLONIES. 
Bank  of  Ireland  6  Shil.  Token 1.00  22 


9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
1 

19 
22    20 


Crown. 

Charles  II.  Crown 

Shilling 

Shilling 

Si.\penny  of  Queen  Elizabeth 

Sixpenny  of  Queen  Elizabeth 

One-and-Sixpenny  Token 

William  and  Mary  i  Crown 

Charles  II.  i  Crown 

Queen  Anne  k  Crown 

\Villiara  and  Mary  i  Crown 

Half  Crown 

Thirty  Penny  Shinplaster 

Thirty  Penny  Shinplnster 

George  III.  A  Crown 

Three  Shilling  Token 

Shinplaster 

Shinplaster 

Three   Shillings  Token 

William  and  Mary  i  Crown 

Sixpence 

Sixpence 

George  III.  J  Crown 

George  III.  ^  Crown 

George  IV.  J  Crown 

Half  Crown 

Victoria  i  Crown 

Charles  II.  i  Crown 

Half  Crown 

Queen  Anne  J  Crown 

Irish  Thirty  penny  Token 

Victoria  Florin , 

Sixpence  

Shilling 

Shilling 

Shilling 

Sixpence  

Sixpence  

Bank  of  England  5  Shil.  Token. 

Three  Gilders 

Dollar,  or  10  Macutos 

George  III.  Crown 

Fourpenee 

Fourpence 

Rupee  

Three  Shillings  Token 

Rupee 

Bank  Token  Five  pence,  Irish.... 

Threepence 

Threepence.* 

Two  Macutos 

One-and-Sixpenny 

Rupee 

Victoria  Florin 

Shilling. 

Twopence 

Quarter  Pagoda 

Rupee 

Dollar  or  Ten  Macutos 

Rupee  

Quarter  Dollar 

Threepence 

Fourpence 

Half  Gilder 

Twelve  Pence  Bristol  Token 

Twenty  Cent  piece,  (Canada) 

Sixpence 

Threepence 

Twopence 

Half  Rupee 

Half  (lilder 

Bank  Token  Ten  pence    Irish... 

Twenty  Cent  piece   (Canada) 

Sixpence 

Shilling 

Quarter  Rupee 

Onepcnce 

Twl^    Anna." 

Quarter  Ru|  ui 

Gilder 


ourpence 

uarter  Gilder 

'  ighth    Gilder 

Oxford  Twenty  Shil.  Piece.. 

James  I    Shilling 

Oxford   Shilling 

Oxford  Twenty  Shil.  picc«.. 

Crown  of  Elizabeth 

James  I.  Shilling 

Oxford   Shilling 

James  I.  i  Crown 


1.00 
1.10 
.22 
.22 
.11 
.11 
.22 
.55 
.55 
.55 
.55 
.56 
.40 
.40 
.56 
.50 
.06 
.06 
.50 
.55 
.11 
.11 
.66 
.66 
.66 
.66 
.56 
.55 
.56 
.65 
.44 
.47 
.11 
.23 
.23 
.23 
.11 
.11 
1.00 
.75 
.80 
1.15 
.07 
.0' 
.40 
.50 
.40 
.05 
■  .05 
.05 
.18 
.24 
.40 
.47 
.23 
.03 
.35 
.40 
.80 
.40 
.23 
.05 
.07 
.12 
.12 
.183 
.11 
.05 
.03 
.20 
.12 
.11 
.18S 
.1 
.23 
.10 
.02 
.0 
.10 
.23 
.07 
.06 
.03 
4.99 
.26 
.26 
4.99 
1.35 
.26 
.26 
.67 


INDEX  TO  IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


9 


SILVER  COINS  OF 

GREAT  BRITAIN  &.  COLONIES. 


Jame3  I.  4  Crown 

Crown  of  Elizabeth 

Oxford  Crown 

Phillip  and  Mary  Shilling 

Siege  Piece  of  Newark 

Oxford  Crown 

Phillip  and  Mury  .Shilling 

Siege  Piece  of  Pontefract 

Phillip  and  Mary  Shilling 

Siege  Piece  of  Pontefract 

Phillip  and  Mary  Shilling 

James  I.  i  Crown 

James  I.  Shilling 

Oxford  Penny 

Oxford  Penny 

James  I   Shilling 

James  I.  i  Crown 

Fourpeoce 

Threepence 

Five  Cent  Piece,  (Canada) 

Ten  Cent  Piece,  (Canada) 

Ten  Cent  Piece,  (Canada) 

Five  Cent  Piece   (Canada) 

Twopence 

One-and-a-half  Pence 


— tX^- 

GOLD  COINS  OP 

FRANCE. 


Forty  Francs 

Louis  d'or 

Double  Louis  d'or.. 
Double  Louis  d'or.. 

Twenty  Francs 

Twenty  Francs 

Twenty  Francs 

Twenty  Franc! 

Twenty  Francs 

Louis  d'or 

Twenty  Francs 

Twenty  Francs 

Twenty  Francs 

Ten  Francs 

Ten  Franca 

Ten  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs  

Six  Francs... 


•IMI- 


SILVER    COINS    OP 

FRANCE. 


Crown 

Crown 

Crown 

Crown 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Six  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Six  Livres 

Five  Francs 

Five  Francs 

Two  Franca 

One  Franc 

Six  Francs 

Half  Franc 

One  Franc 

Two  Francs 

Quarter  Crown 

Thirty  Sols 

Thirty  Sols 

Eighth  Crown 

Twelve  Sols , 

Half  Crown 

Half  Franc 

Thirty  Sols 

Half  Franc 

Half  Crown 

One-Eighth  Crown.. 


«   J2 


.67 
1.35 
1.35 
.29 
.24 
1.35 
.26 
.23 
.29 
.23 
.26 
.67 
.26 
.02 
.02 
.26 
.67 
.07 
.05 
Ai 
■  H 
■H 
.43 
.03 
.02 


7.66 
4.50 
9.00 
9.00 
3.83 
3.83 
3.83 
3.83 
3.83 
4.50 
3.83 
3.83 
3.83 
1.90 
1.90 
1.90 
.93 
.93 
1.12 


1.06 
1.06 
1.06 
1.06 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
1.06 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
1.06 
.93 
.93 
.36 
.18 
1.06 
.08 
.18 
.36 
.25 
.25 
.25 
.12 
.10 
.50 
.08 
.26 
.08 
.60 
.12 


118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 
130 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 
136 
137 
138 
139 
140 
141 
142 


SILVER  COINS  OP 

FRANCE. 

One-Sixteenth  Crown 

Twenty  Sol? 

Thirty  Sols 

wo  Francs 

One-Eighth  Crown 

One-Eighth  Crown 

Half  Franc 

One-Sixteenth  Crown 

One  Franc 

Thirty  Sols 

One  Franc 

Ten  Sols .'. 

Fifty  Centimes 

Twenty-five  Centimes 

Quarter  Franc 

Half  Franc 

Fifteen  Sola 

Half  Franc 

Quarter  Franc 


GOLD    COINS    OF 

NETHERLANDS  AND  BELGIUM. 

Five  Gilders 

Ducat 

Twenty-Five  Francs 

Ducat 

Ten  Gildera 

Five  Gilders 


SILVER   COINS    OP 

NETHERLANDS,    BELGIUM,  AND 
HOLLAND. 

Rix  Dollar 

Ducatoon 

Dueatoon 

Silver  Lion 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Dollar 

Silver  Lion 

Three  Gilders 

Rix  Dollar 

Three  Gilders 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Dollar 

Three  Gildera 

Two-and-a-half  Gilders 

Three  Gilders 

Eight  Stivers,  (base) 

Thirty  Stivers 

One  Gilder 

Thirty  Stivers 

Two-and-a-half  Franc 

Gilder 

Ten  Stivers 

One  Gilder 

Two-and-a-half  Franc 

Six  Stivers 

Quarter  Gilder 

Quarter  Gilder 

Half  Franc 

Ten  Stivers 

Two  Stivers 

One  Franc 

Two   Stivers 

Quarter  Gilder 

Six  Stivers 

Six  Stivera 

Quarter  Gilder 


GOLD    COINS    OP 

SWITZERLAND. 


Ducat.. 
Ducat.. 


SILVER    COINS    or 

SWITZERLAND, 

Ten  Bat7, 

Crown  of  4  Franken 

Crown  of   Zurich 

Two  Francs 

Ten   Batz 

Four  Francs 

Four  Francs 


.06 
.16 
.25 
.36 
.12 
.12 
.08 
.06 
.18 
.25 
.18 
.08 
.08 
.04 
.04 
.08 
•12 
.08 
.04 


1.98|28 
2.20  28 
4.70|28 
2.20,28 


3.98 
1.98 


.93128 


.93 

.9:; 

1.00 

.93 
1.00 
1.20 
1.08 

.93 
1.08 

.93 

.93 

.93 
1.08 

.92 
1.08 

.06|29 

.67  29 

.35  29 


.57 
.39 
.35 
.18 
.35 
.39 
.09 
.09 
.09 
.08 
.18 
.03 
.17 
.03 
.09 
.09 
.09 
.09 


2.20 
2.20 


.20 
1.00 
1.00 
.60 
.20 
1.00 
1. 00 


SILVER  COINS    OF 

SWITZERLAND. 


Quarter  Florin 

Three  Batz '. 

Four  Francs 

Crown  of  Zurich 

Crown  of  Geneva 

Five  Batz 

Two-and-a-half  Batzen. 

Five  Batz 

Half  Florin 

Florin 

Five  Batzen 

Two  Francs 

Five  B.ntz 

ILalf  Florin '.] 

Two-and-a-half  Batzen.. 

Five  Batzen 

Half  Florin .'.' 

Quarter  Florin 

Five  Batzen 

Ten-and-a-half  Batz 

Ten-and-a-half  Batz 

Twenty  Five  Centimes... 
Ten  Batz 


GOLD    COINS    OF 

GERMANY. 


a  6 


.20  31 


Quadruple  Ducat,  (base) g 

Ten  Thaler '" 

Quintuple  Ducat 

Ten  Thaler ',',[ 

Quintuple  Ducat 

Ten  Thaler 

Ten  Thaler '"" 

Fred  d'or 

Ten  Thaler .' 

Ten  Thaler 

Ten  Thaler 

Double  Ducat 

Carol  in 

Ten  Thaler .....'..!!! 

Soverain 

Double  Fred  d'or 

Carolin 

Double  Fred  d'or 

Soverain 

Carolin 

Soverain 

Ten  Thaler Z 

Double  Ducat 

Five  Thaler .'..'. 

Five  Thaler 

Double  Ducat 

Five    Thaler 

Ten  Thaler 

Ducat 

Five    Thaler ] 

Five    Thaler 

Ducat 

Soverain 

Ducat 

Five    Thaler 

Half  Carolin 

Ducat 

Ten    Gilders..... 

Five  Thaler 

Five  Thaler 

Fred  d'or 

Ducat 

Five   Thaler 

Ducat 

Ducat 

Five    Thaler 

Five  Thaler 

Ducat 

Five  Thaler 

Half  Carolin 

Half  Soverain 

Half  Soverain 


Ducat 

Half  Soverain.. 
Half  Carolin..., 

Ducat 

Five  Thaler.... 
Half  Soverain . . 

Ducat 

Five  Thaler.... 

Ducat 

Ducat 

Twelve  Marka. 


.80 

81 

.80 

31 

.00 

31 

.80 

31 

.00 

31 

.80 

31 

.80 

31 

.80 

31 

.80 

31 

.80 

31 

.80 

31 

.40 

31 

.75 

31 

.80 

31 

.50 

31 

.80 

31 

.75 

31 

.80 

31 

.50 

31 

.75 

31 

.60 

31 

.80 

31 

.40 

31 

.90 

32 

.90 

32 

.40 

32 

.90 

32 

.80 

32 

.20 

32 

.90 

32 

.90 

32 

.20 

32 

.60 

32 

.20 

32 

.90 

32 

.30 

32 

.20 

32 

.98 

32 

.90 

32 

.90 

32 

.90 

32 

.20 

32 

.90 

32 

.20 

32 

.20 

32 

.90 

32 

.90 

32 

.20 

32 

.90 

32 

.37 

32 

.25 

32 

.25 

32 

.20 

32 

.20 

32 

.25 

32 

.37 

32 

.20 

32 

.90 

32 

.26 

32 

.20 

32 

.90 

32 

.20 

32 

.20 

32 

.65 

32 

10 


INDEX  TO  IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


GOLD   conjs  OP 

GERMANY. 

Five  Gilders 

Ten  Francs 

Twenty  Four  Gents 

Ten  Francs 

Five  Gilders 

Two-and-a-half  Thalers.. 


SILVER  coras  OF 


GERMANY. 


.93  33 

.93;  3: 
1.02  33 

.30 
1.00 


I  33 
33 
.93  33 


1.32 

.93 

.93 

1.02 

1.32 

1.02 

.93 

.80 

.93 

1.32 

1.00 

.93 

.g.i 

.93 
.93 
93 


33 

33 

33 

33 

33 

33 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 
.93  34 
1.02  34]10I 
1.32  34  102 


Convention  Thaler 

Crown  of  Baden 

Convention  Thaler 

Forty  Kreutzers 

Rix  Thaler 

Convention  Double  Thaler 

Kronen  Thaler 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Dollar 

Saxon  Crown 

Forty  Kreutzers 

Forty-eight  Shillings  of  Silver.... 

Old  Crown 

Double  Thaler 

Rix  Dollar 

Austrian  Rix  Dollar 

Siixon  Crown 

Double  Thaler 

Wurtemburg  Crown 

Austrian  Rix  Dollar 

German  Piece 

German  Piece 

Double  Thaler 

Forty-eight  Shillings  of  Silver.... 

Rix  Tbaler  Convention 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Di.Ilar 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Dollar 

Convention  Thaler 

Kronen  Thaler 

Double  Th.aler 

Crown 

Convention  Thaler 

Specie  Thaler 

Thirty-two  Shillings 

Rix  Dollar 

Double  Thaler , 

Convention  Thaler 

Double  Thaler 

Thaler 

Rix  Thaler  Convention 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Thaler  Convention 

Kronen  Thaler 

Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Dollar 

Kronen  Thaler 

Florin 

German  Piece 

Convention  Thaler 

Kronen  Thaler 

Wurtemburg  Crown 

I  Kronen  Tbaler 

Crown  Thaler 

Kronen  Thaler 

Kronen  Tbaler 

Rix  Dollar 

Kronen  Thaler 

\  Kronen  Thaler 

I  Convention  Thaler 

Thaler 

1  Specie  Dollar  of  Bavaria 

I  Rix  Dollar 

Brabant  Crown 

Specie  Dollar  of  Bavaria 

Florin 

Convention  Thaler 

Half  Rix  Dollar 

Rix  Thaler  Convention 

Four  Marks 

Thaler 

Thaler 

Specie  Thaler 

Convention  Thaler 93  361146 

Double  Florin    t     .80  36'14 

Thaler i     .66  36;14S 

Convention  Thaler '     .93  36'149 

Florin 44  37  150 


1.98 
1.90 
.24 
1.90 
1.98 
1.95 


.93 

1.02 

.93 

.30 

.93 

1.32 

1.02 


1.02  34 

.93  34 
1.02  34 

.51|34 

.93134 
1.32'34 

.93  34 
1.32  35 

.66135 

.93 {35 

.93  35 

.95135 

.92'35lll6 
1.02l35ln6 

.93  35ill7 

.93  3Jlll8 
1.02:361119 


35 j  120 
35  121 
35I122 
35|l23 
1.02!35ll24 
1.02l35'l25 


.44 

.80 

.93 

1.02 


1.02 
1.02 
1.02 
.93 
1.02 
1.02 


126 
127 
128 
35!l29 
36|130 
36 1 131 


.931361132 


.66 
.93 
.93 
1.03 
.93 


361 133 
36il34 
361135 
36ll36 
36 '137 
.40136138 
.93' 36  139 
.45136  140 
.93136141 
.80136  142 
.66136,143 
.66  361144 
.93I36I145 


SILVER    C0DI9    OP 


GERMANY. 


Florin 

Florin 

Florin 

Double  Gilder 

Thaler 

Mark 

Convention  Thaler 

Rix  Thaler  Convention 

Florin 

Two  Marks 

Convention  Tbaler 

Two-and-a-half  Gilders 

Florin 

Species  Thaler 

Two   Gilders 

Double  Thaler 

Florin 

Thaler 

Double  Thaler 

Florin 

Florin 

Florin 

Convention  Thaler 

Hungarian  Half  Dollar 

Thaler 

Convention  Thaler 

Florin 

Thaler 

Thaler 

Thaler 

Thaler 

Double  Gilder 

Thaler 

Florin 

Double  Gilder 

Two  Marks 

Thaler 

Two  Marks 

One  Third  Thaler 

Thaler 

Thaler 

Half  Crown 

Thaler 

Half  Species  Thaler 

Thaler 

Half  Florin 

Hungarian  Half  Dollar 

Thaler 

One  Third  Thaler 

Florin 

Marien  Groschen 

Florin 

Thaler 

Quarter  Mark 

Half  Species  Thaler '. 

Quarter  Florin 

Half  Crown 

Sixth  of  a  thaler 

Sixth  of  a  Thaler 

Florin 

Twentv-four  Mar.  Groschen.. 

Half  ijilder 

Twelve  Qrotes 

Florin 

Tbaler 

Thaler 

Florin , 

Gilder 

Half  Jl ark 

Half  Florin 

Florin 

Florin 

Sixth  Piece 

Half  Specie  Thaler 

One  Sixth  Thaler 

Sixty  Kreutzers 

Ten  Kreutzers 

Tbaler 

Mark 

One  Sixth  Thaler 

Thaler 

Sixth  Convention  Tbaler 

Quarter  Grown 

Half  Florin 

Third  Thaler 

fhirty-Six  Grotes 

Gilder 

Twenty   Kreutaers 

Sixth  Piece 

One  Sixth  Tbaler 

One  .Sixth  Thaler 

Sixth  Piece 


s 

B 
0 

1 

.44 

37 

.44 

37 

.44 

37 

.72 

37 

.66 

37 

.30'37 

.93 

37 

151 
152 
153 
154 
155 
156 
157 
.93  37  158 


.44  37 
.51  37 
.93  37 
.90  37 
.44  37 
.93  37 
.72,37 
1.32  37 
.44  37 
.66  37 


1.32 
.44 
.44 

.40 
.93 
.47 
.72 
.93 
.44 
.66 
.66 
.66 
.66 
.70 
.66 
.44 
.72 
.50 
.66 
.50 
.22 
.66 
.66 
.50 
.66 


37 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
38 
■46S39 


.66 
.22 
.47 
.65 
.22 
.36 
.12 
.45 


.65  39 
.06139 


.44 
.10 
.50 
.10 
.10 
.44 
.45 
.18 
.10 
.45 
.66 
.66 
■40 
.36 
.12 
.22 
.40 
.4.1 
.10 
.46 
.10 
.39 
.06 
.66 
.30 
.10 
.66 
.15 
.23 


169 

160 

161 

162 

163 

164 

165 

166 

167 

168 

169 

170 

171 

172 

173 

174 

175 

176 

177 

178 

179 

180 

181 

182 

183 

184 

185 

186 

IS 

188 

189 

190 

191 

192 

193 

194 

195 

196 

19 

198 

199 

200 

201 

202 

203 

204 

205 

206 

20' 


391208 
39J209 
39  210 


39  215 

39  216 

39|217 

391218 

39I219 

39 1 220 

39I22I 

39I222 

39I223 

401224 

40'22 

401226 


22 

228 

229 

230 

231 

232 


40,233 
.22|401234 
.221401235 
.30 1 40 1 236 


.36 
.15 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 


401237 
40I23S 
40 i 239 
401240 
401241 
40! 242 


SILVER  COINS    OF 

GERMANY. 


Third  Thaler 

Two  Lire 

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Half  GUder , 

Half  Florin 

Half  Gilder 

Half  Mark 

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Sixth  Thaler , 

Florin 

Lire 

Thirty-Six  Grotes 

Gulden 

Half  Florin 

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Thirty  Kreutzers 

Third  Thaler 

Gilder 

Half  Florin 

Thirty  Kreutzers 

Third  Thaler 

Thirty  Kreutzers 

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Half  Florin 

Gulden 

Half  Specie  Tbaler 

Thirty  Kreutzers 

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Gilder 

One  Sixth  Thaler 

Twelve  Grotes 

Half  Mark 

Half  Florin 

Twelve  Grotes 

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Half  Thaler 

Third  Thaler 

Two  Lire 

Twentv  Kreutzers 

Third  Rix  Dollar 

Twentv   Kreutzers 

Half  Mark 

Half  Groschen 

Half  Groschen 

Six  Pfennige 

Three  Kreutzers 

Five  Centimes 

One  Kreutzer 

Six  Pfennige 

Groschen 

Six  Pfennige 

One  Grote , 

Half  Fb.rin 

One  Sixth  Tbaler 

One  Sixth  Thaler  

Twenty  Kreutzers 

Six  Kreutzers 

Six  Grotes 

Quarter  Mark 

Sixth  Piece , 

Sixth  Thaler 

Sixth  Piece 

Twelve   Grotes 

Twenty-five  Centimes 

Six  Pfennige 

One-Sixteenth  Specie  Dollar.. 

Twelve  Grotes 

Twelve  Grotes 

One  Schilling  Courant 

Quarter  Lira 

One  Grote 

Twenty-fourth  of  a  Thaler.... 

One  Sixth  Specie  Tbaler 

Quarter  Mark 

Sixth  Piece 

Four  Marien  Groschen 

Six  Kreutzers 

Four  Marien  Groschen 

Quarter  Mark 

Two  Groschen 

Six  Kreutzers 

Six  Kreutzers 

Quarter  Lira 

Sixth  Piece 

Five  Kreutzers 

Two  Groschen 

Five  Kreutzers 

Twenty-five  Centimes 

One  Sixth  Tbaler 

Six  Grotes 

Twelve  Grotes 

Two-and-a-half  Schillings 


S  •■ 


.22 
.32' 
.15, 
.18 
.20 
.18 
.12 
.15 
.09 
.44 
.17 
.30 
.36 
.20 
.15 
.22 
.22 
.36 
.22 
.22 
.22 
.20 
.15 
.20 
.36 
.44 
.20 
.15 
.36 
.10 
.10 
.12 
.22 
.10 
.15 
.33 
.22 
.32 
.15 
.30 
.15 
.12 
.01 
.01 
.01 
M 
.02 
.03 
.01 
.02 
.01 
.01 
.18 
.10 
.10 
.15 
.03 
.05 
.06 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.08 
.01 
.06 
.12 
.12 
.01 
.04 
.01 
.02 
.15 
.06 
.10 
.10 
.03 
.08 
.06 
.02 
.03 
.03 
.04 
.10 
.03 
.02 
.03 
.08 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.03 


401243 
401244 

401245 
40 1 246  I 
40 '247 
40l248 


249 
250 
251 
252 
253 
254 
255 
256 
257 
258 
59 
260 
261 
262 
263 
264 
65 
266 
267 
268 
269 
270 
271 
272 
273 
274 
275 
276 
277 
278 
279 
280 
281 
282 
283 
284 
285 
286  j 
287 
288 
289 
290 
291 
292 
293 
294 
295 
296 
297 
298 
299 
300 
301 
302 
303 
304 
305 
305 
307 
308 
309 
310 
311 
312 
313 
314 
315 
42|3I6 
421317 
42|318 
42  319 
42  320 
42  321 
I42I322 
42  323 
42  324 


325 
326 

327 
328 
329 


421330 
42'331 
42  332 
42  333 
42 '334 


INDEX  TO  IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


11 


SILVER  COINS  OP 

GERMANY. 

One  Sixth  Thaler 

Eight  Shillings , 

Six  G rotes 

Ten  Centimes 

Two  Groschen 

Six  Grotes 

Half  Gilder 

One  Twenty-fourth  Thaler. 

One  Sixth  Thaler 

Ten   Centimes 

One  Sixth  Thaler 

Twenty  Skillings 

One  Sixth  Thaler 

Groschen 


GOLD    COINS    OP 

DENMARK,  NORWAY  &  SWEDEN 

Double  Ducat 

Double  Ducat 

)ouble  Chr.  d'or 

Ducat 

Ducat 


SILVER   COINS    OP 

DENMARK,  NORWAY  &  SWEDEN 

Eight  Marks 

Rix  Dollar 

Dollar 

Old  Ducatoon 

Rix  Dollar  Specie 

Kix  Dollar  Specie 

Rix  Dollar  Specie 

Old  Ducatoon 

Rix  Dollar  Specie 

Specie  Dollar 

Eight  Marks  

Rix  Specie  Dollar 

Rix  Specie  Dollar 

Four  Murks 

Specie  Dollar 

Specie  Dollar 

Four  Marks 

Four  Marks 

Four  Marks 

Six  Marks 

Twenty  Skillings 

Rigsbank   Dollar 

Six  Mnrks 

Half  Specie  Dollar 

Half  Specie  Dollar 

One  Fifth  Specie  Dollar 

One  Sixth  Dollar 

Forty  Shillings 

Sixteen  Shillings,  (base) 

Quarter  Specie  Dollar 

Ten  Skillings.  (base) 

Twelve  Skillings,  (base) 

One  Sixth  Dollar 

One  Sixth  Dollar 

One  Fifth  Specie  Di)llar 

One  Fourth  Specie  Dollar 

Eight  Skillings 

Twelve  Skillings 

Eight  Skillings 

One  Fifteenth  Specie  Dollar 

Twenty  Skillings  (base) 

Sixteen  Skillings 

Two  Skillings 

Four  Skillings 

Twelve  Skillings 

Twenty-four  Skillings 

Two  Skillings 

Two  Skillings 

Two  Skillings 

Six  Skillings 

One  Eighth  Specie  Dollar 

Twenty  Skillings  (base) 

Two  Skillings 


GOLD  COINS  OP 

RUSSIA  AND  POLAND. 

Half  Imperial 

Five  Roubles 

Five  Roubles 


.10 
.0.3 
.05 
.03 
.03 
.05 
.18 
.02 
.10 
.03 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.02 


4.40 
4.40 
7.S0 
2.20 
2.20 


1.10 

1.00 

1.00 

.93 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.93 

l.OU 

1.00 

1.10 

1.00 

1.00 

.50 

1.00 

1.00 

.50 

.66 

.50 

.75 

.10 

.45 

.75 

.45 

.45 

.20 

.16 

.62 

.10 

.24 

.09 

.07 

.16 

.15i 

.20 

.24 

.03 

.07 

.03 

.06 

.05 

.08 

.01 

.02 

.05 

.10 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.03 

.10 

.05 

.01 


3.90  45 

3.90  45 
3.90U5 


335 
336 
337 
338 
339 
340 
341 
342 
343 
344 
345 
346 
347 
348 


SILVER  COINS  OF 

RUSSIA  &  POLAND. 


Rouble  and  a  half. 

Rouble 

Rouble 

Rouble 

Rouble 

Five  Zlot 

Florin 

Half  Rouble 

Five  Zlot 

Rouble 

Thirty  Kopel^s 

Half  Rouble 

Two  Zlot 

Half  Rouble 

Half  Rouble 

Five  Zlot 

Rouble 

Five  Zlot 

Five  Zlot 

Ten  Kopeks 

One   Zlot 

Twenty  Five  Kopeks.. 
Twenty  Five  Kopeks.. 

Twenty  Kopeks 

One  Zlot 

Ten  Kopeks" 

Five  Kopeks 


•^ne-** 


GOLD    COINS    OP 

ITALY. 


Eighty  Livres 

Ninety  Six  Livres 

Ten  Scudi 

Ninety  Six  Livres 

One  Hundred  Livres., 

Twenty  Livres 

Twenty  Livres 

Forty  Livres 

Two  Droppia 

Forty  Livres 

Two  Droppia 

Twenty  Livres 

Twenty  Livres 

Ten  Livres 

Forty  Livres 

Ninety  Six  Livres 

Forty  Livres 

Twenty  Livres 


H-»e-j 


SILVER  COINS  OP 

ITALY. 


Five  Lire 

Two  Lire 

Five  Lire 

Fifty  Grani 

Five  Francs 

Half  Scudo 

Five  Lire 

Five  Lire  of  LombarJy.. 

Half  Scudo 

Half  Scudo 

Venetian  Sou  do 

Half  Scudo 

Half  Scudo 

Sardinian  Soudo 

Ten  Pauls  of  Tuscany... 

Scudo 

Ten  Livres  of  Tuscany .. 

Roman  Grown 

Five  Lire  of  Lombardy.. 

Scudo 

Five  Francs 

Five  Lire  of  Lombardy. 

Roman  Testoon 

Crown  of  Bologna 

Two  Livres 

Five  Francs 

Five  Soldi 

One  Franc 

Twenty  Grani 

Roman  Scudo«     

Two  Carlin 

Twenty  Grani 

Ten  Soldi 

Scudo 

Roman  Testoon 

Five  Pauls 

Roman  Testoon 


i.or 

.73 
.70 
.73 
.73 
.53 
.44 
.36 
.53 
.73 
.20 
.36 
.18 
.35 
.36 
.53 
.73 
.63 
.63 
.06 
.10 
.18 
.18 
.14 
.09 
.05 
.03 


.93 

.36 

.93 

.37 

.93 

.45 

.93 

.93 

.30 

.47 

.97 

.47 

.47 
L25 

.97 

.93 
1.60 

.97 

.93 

.93 

.93 

.93 

.28 

.97 

.36 

.93 

.04 

.17 

.15 

.97 

.15 

.15 

.08 

.93 

.28 

.45 

.28  48| 


SILVER    COINS    OP 

ITALY. 


Five  Lire 

Ten  Livres  of  Tuscany 

Ten  Soldi 

Fifty  Centimes 

Roman  Testoon 

Ten  Grani 

Seven  Soldi 

Sardinian  Scudo 

Sicilian  Scudo 

Scudo 

Fire  Livres 

Crown  of  Bologna 

Scudo 

Ten  Pauls  of  Tuscany 

Scudo 

Roman  Scudo 

Half  Testoon 

Two  Lire 

Fifth  of  a  Scudo  of  Luca. 

Two   Lire 

Half  Testoon 

Sicilian  Scudo 

Five  Franc 

Neapolitan  Scudo 

Five  Livres 

Scudo 

Sicilian  Scudo 

Neapolitan  Silver  Ducat... 

Fifty  Grani 

Scudo 

Two  Lire 

Half  Scudo 

Roman  Testoon 

Five  Lire 

Two  Lire 

One  Paul 

Five  Soldi 

Quarter  Testoon 

Seven  Soldi 

Florin 

Two  Livres 

One  Livre 

Five  Pauls  

Scudo 

Fifth  of  a  Scudo  of  Luca.. 

Lira 

Two  Pauls 

Two   Carlin 

Twenty  Gijini 

Two   Carlin 

Two  Pauls 

Two  Lire 

Roman   Testoon 

Sicilian   Lire 

Twenty  Grani 


GOLD  COINS  OP 

SPAIN. 

Doubloon 

Half  Doubloon 

(,iuarter  Doubloon 

Quarter  Doubloon 

One  Sixteenth  Doubloon-. 
One  Sixteenth  Doubloon.. 

One  Eighth  Doubloon 

One  Eighth  Doubloon 


SILVER  COINS  OP 

SPAIN. 

Dollar 

Five  Pesetas 

Five  Pesetas 

Old  Pillar  Dollar 

Double  Pistareen 

Half  Dollar 

Dollar  of  20  Reals 

Half  Dollar 

Pillar  Quarter  Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Dollar 

Pistareen 

Rix  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar 

Five  Pesetns 

Medio 


a  S 

.93 
1.50 
.08 
.08 
.28 
.07 
.06 
1.25 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.97 
.93 
.97 
.93 
•97 
.14 
.36 
.18 
.36 
.14 
.93 
.93 
.86 
.93 
.9.1 
.93 
.74 
.37 
.93 
.36 
.47 
.28 
.93 
.35 
.09 
.04 
.07 
.06 
.20 
.36 
.17 
.45 
.93 
.18 
.18 
.18 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.18 
.36 
.28 
.17 
.15 


48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

48 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49 

49  1 

49  1 

49  1 

49  1 

49 

49 

49 

50 

50 

50 

50 


15.50 

7.75 
4.00 
4.00 
1.00 
1.00 
2  00 
2.00 


LOO 

.95 

.96 

1.00 

.37 

.60 

1.00 

.47 

.23 

1.00 

1.00 

1,00 

1.00 

1.00 

.14 

.93 

.20 

.95 

.10 


la 


INDEX  TO  liVILAY  Ai^D  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OP 

SPAIN. 

Eighth  of  a  Dollar 

Pistareen 

Pistareen 

Pistareen 

Two  Reals 

Half  Pistareen 

Half  Dollar 

Half  Dollar 

Double  Pistareen 

Ressalado  of  Ten  Reals 

I  Half  Dollar 

I  Half  Pistareen 

Pistareen 

I  Pistareen 

I  Quarter  Dollar 

I  Pistareen 

'  Pistareen 

Half  Pistareen 

Quarter  Dollar 

Pistareen 

Quarter  Dollar 

Quarter  Dollar 

Pistareen 

Peseta 

Eighth  of  a  Dollar 

Pistareen 

Peseta 

Half  Pistareen 

Pistareen 

Two  Reals 

Half  Medio 

Pistareen 

One  Sixteenth  of  a  Dollar 

Half  Medio 

Quarter  Pistareen 

SILVER    AND    COPPER    COINS   OP 

TURKEY. 


Twenty  Piastres.. 
Ghershi  (Copper).. 


Si 

II 

i 

c 

B 
s 

Z-. 

.10 

51 

28 

.16 

51 

29 

.16 

51 

30 

.16 

51 

31 

.09 

51 

32 

.08 

51 

33 

.47 

51 

34 

.47 

51 

35 

.36 

51 

36 

.50 

51 

37 

.50 

51 

38 

.08 

51 

39 

.16 

51 

40 

.16 

51 

41 

.20 

51 

42 

.16 

51 

43 

.16 

51 

44 

.08 

51 

45 

.20 

51 

46 

.14 

51 

47 

.20 

51 

48 

.20 

51 

49 

.16 

51 

50 

.16 

51 

51 

.10 

51 

52 

.18 

51 

53 

.16 

51 

54 

.09 

51 

55 

.14 

51 

56 

.09 

52 

57 

.05 

52 

58 

.16 

52 

59 

.05 

52 

60 

.05 

52 

61 

.04 

52 

62 

.90 

52 

1 

.10 

52 

2 

SILVER   AND    COPPER   COINS    OF 

TURKEY. 

Ghersh,  (Copper) 

Twenty  Piastres 

Altmichilk 

Dtchlik 

Piastre 

Half  Altilik 

HalfAltilik 

Piastre 

Altmichilk 

HalfAltilik 


GOLD    AND    SILVER   COINS    OF 

GREECE. 

20  Drachme.  (Gold) 

Drachme,  (Silver 

Fivo  Drachme,  (Silver) 

Half  Drachme,  (Silver) 

Half  Drachme,  (Silver) 


SILVER   COINS    OF 

HAYTI. 

Twenty  five  Cent  Piece 

One  Hundred  Cent  Piece.. 

Fifty  Cent  Piece 

Twelve  Cent  Piece 


.10  62 
.90  52 


.05 
.10 
.05 


.10  52 
.10  52 


Ht+> 


JEWISH    COINS 

Shekel 

Shekel 

Shekel,   not  authentic 

Shekel,   not  authentic 

Widow's  Mite 


3-40 
•18 
■80 
•08 
•08 


.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 


MISCELLANEOrS 

COPPER  COINS. 

One  Penny  Bank  Token,  Canada. 
One  Penny  Bank  Token,  Nova  Scotia 
One  Penny  Bank  Token,  Canada, 
One  Penny  Bank  Token,  Nova  Scotia 

One  Cent 

Five  Centimes 

Half  Penny  Bank  Token,  Canada. 
Half  Penny  Bank  Token,  Canada. 

Five  Centimes 

One  Cent 

One  Cent 

Half  Cent 

One  Cent 

One  Cent 

Half  Cent 

One  Cent 


GOLD     SILVER,    COPPER,    AND    IRON 

COINS  OF  JAPAN. 

Cohang,  Gold 

One  Hundred  P'senny,  Copper 

One  Hundred  P'senny,  Copper 

Cobang,  Gold 

Half  Itzebu,  supposed 

Half  Itzebu,  supposed 

Cobang,  Gold , 

Four  P'senny,  Copper 

Four  P*senny,  Copper ^ 

Cobang,  Gold 

Iron  Cash 

Silver  Quarto  Itzebu 

Silver  Quarto  Itzebu 

Gold  Half  Itzebu 

Gold  Half  Itzebu 

One   P'senny,  Copper 

Gold  Itzebu 

Silver  Itzebu 

Silver  Itzebu 

Gold  Itzebu 

One  P'senny,  Copper 


1 

.02 

53 

.02 

53 

.02 

53 

.02 

53 

.01 

53 

■  .01 

53 

.01 

53 

.01 

53 

.01 

53 

.01 

53 

.01 
.04 

53 
63 

.01 

53 

.01 

53 

.0* 

53 

.01 

53 

5.78 

55 

55 

55 

4.44 

55 

55 

55 

5.78 

65 

56 

66 

4.44 

65 

65 

.93 

65 

■n 

66 

55 

66 

1.11 

55 

56 

.37 

66 

.37 

65 

i.n 

55 

55 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 


IMLAY  AND  BiCKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


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IMLAY  &  BICKNELL'S 

COINS  OF  THE   WORLD. 

CONTAINING 

PERFECT  FAC-SIMILES 

OP  THE  VARIOUS 

Gold,  Silver  and  other  Coins  throughout  the  World, 

WITH  THE  PRESENT 

MARKET  VALUE  OF  EACH  COIN  UNDER  IT. 

TO  WHICH  IS  ADDED  A  MODEL  INDEX,  ANNOUNCING  AT  A  SINGLE   GLANCE,  NOT  ONLY  THE  NAME, 
PRICE,  AND  PAGE  OP  ANY  COIN  SEARCHED  FOR,  BUT  THE  EXACT  SPOT 

(By  Number.) 
WHERE  IT  MAY  BE  POUND. 


GOLD  corns  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


Old  Eagle,  $10.50. 


Old  i  Eagle,  $2.62. 


Dollar,  $1. 


0  a  i  Eagle,  $2.62.  Old  i  Eagle,  $5.25 


Eagle,  $10. 


Half  Eagle,  $&. 


Quiirter  Eagle,  $2.50. 


Dollar,  $1. 


Double  Eagle,  $20. 


Old  1  Eagle,  $5.25. 


Three  Dollars.  $.f. 


Dollar,  Ifl. 


Three  Dollars,  $3. 


Half  Eagle,  $5. 


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IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


PRIVATE  GOLD  COINAGE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


Oeorgi;i,  $2  37. 


North  Caroliaa  Dollar,  93  ctJ.  California  i  Dollar,  40  cts.         Culifornia  i  Dollar,  20  cts. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


i  Dollar,  25  cts. 


i  Dollar.  25  cts. 


}  Dollar,  2.)  (■<" 


i  Dollar.  25  cts.  1  Dollar,  25  eta.  J  Dollar  25  cts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


Uolhir,  &1.0I'. 


Dollar,  $1. 


i  Dollar  50  cents.  i  Dollar,  60  cents. 


J  Dollar,  50  cents. 


J  Dollar,  50  cent!. 


i  Dollar,  25  cents.  i  Dollar,  26  cents. 


J  Dollar,  50  cents. 


J  Dollar,  50  cents. 


Piue  Tree  Shilling,  16  cents. 


Dime,  10  cents.  Dime,  10  cents.  Dime,  10  cents.  Dime,  10  cents.  Dime.  10  cents.  i  Dime,  5  cents.      i  Dime,  5  cents. 


^  Dime,  5  o.  3  cents. 


3  cents. 


i  Dime.  5  c.  i  Dime,  5  c.  i  Dime,  5  c.  3  couts. 


3  centa. 


The  three  cent  Coins  represented  above  on  the  left  were,  down  to  June  1853  of  750  thousands  fineness  ;  those  on  the  right,  represent  the  subsequent 
emissions,  and  are  of  900  thousands  fineness. 

GOLD  COINS  OF  MEXICO. 


1  Doubloon,  3.75. 


Doubloon,  15.45. 


Doubloon,  15.45. 


J-16  Doubloon,  90  cents. 


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IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD, 


Dollar,  $1.01. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  MEXICO. 


Dullar,  $1.04. 


Dollar,  $1.04. 


Dollar,  $1.04. 


i  Dollar,  25  cents. 


^  Dullar.  60  ceDta. 


Dollar,  $1.04. 


i  I).. I. .11,  50  cents. 


i  Dollar,  25  cents. 


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i  Real,  3  c. 


Real,  12  c.  i  Real,  6  cents.  J  Dollar,  25  cents.  i  Real,  6  cents.  i  Real,  6  o.    i  Real  3  cents.        3  cents. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL  AMERICA. 


»  Doubloon,  $1.^50. 


Doubloon,  $15  50. 


Doubloon,  $15.50. 


Doubloon,  $15.50. 


Doubloiiu,  $15.50.  Doubloon,  $15.50.  Doubloon,  $15.50.  Doubloon,  $15.50 

*  The  value  of  Doubloons  varies,  according  to  detunn<).     The  price  we  have  fixed  is  the  ininiuium  value. 


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GOLD  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL  AMERICA— Con^mwed 


i  Doubloon,  $7.75. 


i  Doubloon,  $7.75. 


Doubloon.  $15.50 


Doubloon,  $15.50.  J  Doubloon,  $7.75. 


i  Doubloon,  $3.75. 


Doubloon,  $15.50. 


i  Doubloon,  $3.75. 


4  Doubloon,  $1.87. 


i  Doubloon,  $1.87. 


i  Doubloon,  #3.75.  4  Doubloon,  $1.87. 


l-16th,  90  0. 


1-16  Doubloon,  90  c.  1-16  Doubloon,  90  e. 

SILVER  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL  AMERICA. 


Eight  Keiils,  97  ct«. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.0  i 


Kight  Reals,  $1.UU. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.00 


Eight  Reals,  97  cts. 


Dollar,  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  96  c. 


Eight  Real.-!,  (base)  65  o. 


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IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  S0T7TH  AND  CENTRAL  AWSBlCA—CoiUinued. 


40 


Eight  Reals,  (base,)  05  eta. 


Eiglit  rials,  $1. 


Eight  Reals,  Jl.OO 


Eight  Reals,  (base,)  6j  cts. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.00. 


Eight  Real!.  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  tl.OO. 


Eight  ReaiN  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.0(1. 


Eight  Keali,  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  $1.00. 


El;,'ht  K.-als,  $1  Oil. 


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Ei;;lit  Reals,  $1.00. 


Eight  Reals,     1.00. 


Eight  Reals,  1.00. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL  AVERIC A— Continued. 


1  l>..ll,ir,  IS  .ci.fs. 


4  KuaU,  (biise)  35  f. 


4  Kea  a,  46  ceota. 


i  Dollar,  20  cents. 


i  R  ..lis.    4/  Ojtild. 


4  ReaU,  -ij  coiii.-*. 


4  Rciii3,  36  venl8. 


4  Reals,  47  cents. 


4  Ruala,  (buse)  36  cents.  2  Reals,  20  cents.  4  Reals,  (base)  35  cents.  2  Keul.-,  20  cents.  4  Reals,  (base,)  35  cents 


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2  Reals,  18  (ents. 


1  R  .IIP,  20  cents. 


2  Reals.  20  cents. 


2  Heals,  20  cents. 


2  Beats,  20  cents. 


1  UeaU.  20 


2  Reals,  20  cts. 


2  Reals,  20  els. 


2  Reals.  15  eta. 


2  Reals,  15  ct-. 


2  Reals,  20  cent 


2  Reals.  20  ct". 


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IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  SOUTH  AND  CENTRAL  Al/LERICA-Contmued 


C7- '.A, 


2  Reals,  20  eeata. 


2  Reals,  15  cents.  2  Reals,  16  cents.         2  Reiils.  15  cents.  2  Reals,  20  cents. 


ffnutflnrrri 


Real,  12  cont^. 
.101 


Real,  12  cents.  2  Reals,  16  cents.         Real,  12  cents.  Reiil.  10  cents.         Real,  10  cents, 


Real  (base)  8  cents. 
110 


Real,  12  cents.  Real,  12  cents.  Real,  12  cents. 


°i\A\VNTA  P^l 


Real,  12    cents.  Real,  8  cents.  Real.  12  cents.         2  Reals    20  cents.  Real,  12  cents. 

.ui       ^^Wa^SS^iio        J^!^!^S^^i^      .^^MBBS^ns        x^K^VH^uo 


Real,  12  cents. 
120         j^SSHM'JlbK  1-1 


Real,  12  cents. 


Real,  12  cents. 


Real,  12  cents. 


Real,  12  cents. 

128  irBSll      129 


■i  CIUDAD'O- 
JRZAL  DE  F< 
DCHI.A.PA-A,,-". 


Ticnl,  12  cents  i  Heal,  6  i-culs.         li.ai.  (i  rents.  J  Real,  6  c. 

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AVCVSTA 

dxvujaotar  ; 

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i  Realj  6  cents. 


i  Real,  6  cents.  Keul,  lU  cents.  ^  Beul,  6  cents. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  BRAZIL  AND  PORTUGAL. 


i  Heal,  6  cents. 


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'MLAY   AND   BICKNELL'S   COINS  OF  THE   WORLD. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN  AND  COLONIES. 


Double  Sovereign,  $d.60. 


Sovereign,  $4.83.  Guinea,  $5  00, 


i  Guinea,  $1.66. 


SoTereign,  $4.83. 


i  Guinea,  $2  50. 


i  (iuinea,  #2.60. 


i  SoTereign,  $2.41. 


Suvereign,  $4.83. 


i  Sovereign,  $2.41. 


$1.10. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN  AND  COLONIES. 


William  III.  Crown,  $1.10. 


Victoria  Crown,  $1.15. 


Bank  of  Ireland  6s.  Tolien,  $1.0(1. 


Cruwn,  $1.00. 


Shilling,  22  eta. 


Chnrles  II.  Crown,  $1.10. 


TOKKN     .,   , 

\  I  SI. 3  J// 


Si.vpenny  of  Queen  Elitabeth,  11  els  Oiie-ond-sixpenny  token,  22  cts. 


IMILAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN  AND  COLONIES— CoH^mwec^. 


William  and  Mary  J  Crown,  j5  cents.       Charles  II.,  i  Crown,  55  eta.  Queen  Anne  J  Irown,  55  cts.  Williom  and  Mary  J  Crown,  55  cts. 


i  Crown,  56  leu.s. 


Thirty  penny  Shinplaster,  40  cents. 


Genrge  III.  j  Crown,  56  cents.         Three  Shilling  Token,  50  o 


Shinplasier,  6  cenls.  Three  Shillings  Token,  60  cents  William  and  Mary  J  Crown,  55  c. 


Sixpence,  1 1  c. 


George  III.  1  Crown,  56  ■ 


George  IV.  J  Crown,  56  c. 


i  Crown,  56  c. 


Victoria  i  Crown,  56  c. 


Charles  II.  J  Crown,  55  c.  J  Crown,  56  c. 


Queen  Anne  J  Crown,  55  c.  Iri.sh  Thirty  penny  Token,  44  c.     Victoria  Florin,  47  c. 


1 1  cents. 


Shilling,  23  cents.  Shilling,  23  cents. 


S'lilling.  23  c. 


Sixpence,  11  cents.         Sixpence,  11  cents. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN  AND  COLOfllES— Continued. 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


Bank  of  England,  5a  Token,  $1.00.  Three  Gilders,  75  cents.  Dollar,  or  Ten  Macutos,  80  cents.  Ocorge  III.  CrowD,  $1.15. 


Fourjience,  7  c     Fourpence,  7  o.  Rupee,  40  o.  Three  Shilling  Token,  50  c.  Rupee,  40  o. 

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5  cents.  6  cents. 


5  0.  Two  Macutos,  18  e.     Ooe-and-sixpenny,  24  c  Rupee.  40  c.  Victoria  Florin,  47  c.  SbiUing,  23  o.     Twopence,  S  o 

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,"0     100     ^>>/ 


k  Pnguda,  35  c. 


Uii|jeL*,  40  C. 


idoU^jy, 


'^J> 


Rupee,  40  c. 


\  Dollar,  23  cts. 


Dollar,  CO  cts. 


Threepence,  5  0.    Fourpcuco,  7  c 


\  ijildcr,  12  c. 


12  c.  20  cent  piece,  185  c.        Sixpence,  11  c. 


'i  d.,  5  0.      Twupuuce.  3  ■ 
101 


i  Rupee,  20  c.  4  liddi^r,  12  5. 


11  c.  2*'  cent  pieoe,  183  c.  11  cts.  Shilling,  23  0.  I  Rupee,  10  0 


^^^m 


1  d  .  2  f.  Two  Annus.  5  0.  1  Rupee,  10  c. 


Gilder,  23  c. 


Fourpence,  7  0.  i  Gilder,  6  c.  J  Gilder,  3  c. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN  AND  COLONIES— Continued. 


ff         James  I.  Shilling,  20  e.  Oxford  Shilling,  26  c 

lib  >^PBv;xiaHft>^  us 


Oxford  20  Silling  Piece,  $4.'I9. 


Jnmos  I.  Sliilling,  -'li  uia.  O.iford  Shilling,  25  cts. 


Jiiines  I.  i  Crown,  67  cts.  James  I.  J  Uruvtn   67  cts. 

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Oxford  Cronn.  $1  :(5. 


Philip  and  Mary  Shil.,  29  cts.  Siege  Piece  of  Newark,  24  o. 


Oxford  Crown,  $l.n.j. 


Philip  and  Mary  Shil ,  26  c.     Siege  Piece  of  Pontefract,  23  c.    Philip  and  Mary  Shil.,  29  c.    Siege  Piece  of  Pontefract,  2.3  c.    Philip  :in.l  Mnn- Si'il  .  26  ( 


I         J.imi'S  I.  i  Crov7n,  67  i-ts 


■Inniei  I.  ShiUin-.  26  ct« 


O.vfoia 
P.oiny,   2<-ts.  Jaoics  I.  Shilling,  26  cts. 


James  1.  4  Croivu,  67  e-ts. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  GREAT  BRirAIN  AND  COLONIES- Cbn< 


inued. 


4  d.,  7  c. 


do.  5  cent  piece,  4j  c. 


10  cent  piece,  9i  c. 


5  cent  piece,  4}  c.         2d.,  3  c.  1}  d.,  2  c. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  FRANCE. 


;o<"' FRANC  S.k- 

I'Aix  J, 


40  Fraacs,  $7.66.  Louis  J'or,  $4.50. 


■-■{8  11-.    - 


Double  Louis  d'or,  $9.00. 


20  Francs,  $3.83. 


20  Frnncs,  $3.  83.     20  Franes,  $3.83.        20  Francs,  $3.83.       Louis  d'or,  $4.50.        20  Francs,  $3.83.       20  Francs,  $3.83.        20  Francs,  $3.83. 


Ten  Franca,  $1.90. 


Ten  Francs,  $1.90. 


Fire  Francs,  93  cents. 


6  Francs,  $1.12. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  FRANCE. 


Crown,  $1.06. 


CrowD,  $1.06 


Five  Frniic,^.  93  c. 


Five  Fnincs,  93  < 


Five  Francs,  93  c. 


Five  Frunrs,  93  c. 


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IMLAY   AND   BICKNELL'S   COINS  OF  THE   WORLD. 


SILVER  corns  OF  YRANC'E- Continued. 


4  Crown,  12  c.       -16  Crown,  6  c.  Twenty  Sols,  16  c.  Thirty  Sols,  25  c.  2  Francs,  36  c.  4  Crown,  12  c.  J  Crown,  12  c. 


i  Frane,  S  c.       1-16  (.-rown,  6  c.  1  Fr.anc,  IS  c.  Thirty  Sols,  25 


1  Franc,  18  c.  Ten  Sols,  8  c.  50  centimes,  8  c.      25Ccntiines,4o, 


i  Franc,  4  c.  J  Franc,  8  o. 


15  Sols,  12  . 


i  Franc,  8  c.  i  Franc,  4  c. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  XETHERLANDS  AND  BELGIUM. 


(Jikli-rs,  $1.98. 


.lliiEoasuinIc!.., 
3(M;tEcr.Mi|<:r) 


lUic-.it,  !f2.20. 


25  Fruiu,,  $4.70. 


Ducat,  $2.20. 


10  Gilders,  $3.98.  6  Gilders,  $1.98. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  NETHERLANDS,  BELGIUM  AND  HOLLAND. 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


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SILVER  COINS  OF  NETHERLANDS,  BELGIUM  AND  -EOLLAND-Continued. 


Rix  Dullar,  93  cts. 


Threa  Gilders,  $1.08. 


Kix  Dollar,  93  cts. 


Ki.\  Dollar,  93  cts. 


Eight  Stivers,  6  cts.  30  Stivers,  67  cts. 


1  Oilder,  35  cts. 


30  Stivers,  57  cts.  2i  Francs,  39  cts. 


Gilder,  35  cts. 


10  Stiversi  18  ct.^ 


1  Gilder,  35  cts. 


2i  FraDc?,  39  eta. 


Six  Stivers,  9  cts. 


?HOIi 

LAN 


i  Gilder,  9  cts.  J  Gilder,  9  cts.         i  Franc,  8  cts.  10  Stivers,  18  cts.  2  Stivers,  Sets.  1  Franc  17  cts.  Two  Stivers,  3  cts 

'  *3 


'f  CULDEKI,j> 


i  Gilder,  9  ccs. 


6  Stiver,   9   cents. 


i  Gildor,  9  cents. 


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IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  SWITZERLAND. 


Ducat,   $2.20.  Du(;at,  $2.20. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  SWITZERLAND. 


10  li.Ui,  20  0. 


CrowD  of  4  Fraukeii,  $1. 


CruKU  ol   Zurich,   $1. 


2  Fruue*,  jU  c. 


10  iJuti,  20  c. 


4  Francs,  $1. 


4  Francs,  $1. 


i  Florin,  10  o. 


.'i  ItatR,  4   (Mints. 


4  Francs,  $1. 


Crown  of  Zurich,  $1 


Crown  of  OeneTa,  (1. 


h  Bsti,  9  tts. 


2i  Batzen.  4 


*  Fl 


FInrin.  40        n 


5  I*at7en.  9   c. 


IMLAY   AND   BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE   WORLD. 


SILVER  corns  OF  SWITZERLAND -Conimwei. 


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2J 


2  Francs,  50  c. 


K..  m    ^h^ 


5  Batz,  9  c. 


i  Florin,  20  c.  2^  Batzen,  4  c.  5  Batten,  9  c. 


J  Florin,  20  c 


i  Florin,  10  o. 


5  Butzon,  9  c.  lOi  Batz,  25  o. 


lOi  Batz,  25  o.  25  centimes,  4  c. 


10  Butz,  10  0. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  GERMANT. 


Quadruple  Uucai,  $S.80,  (b.)  Ten  Thaler,  $7.80.  Quintuple  Ducat,  $11.  Ten  Thaler,  $7.S0.  Quintuple  Ducat,  til. 


Ten  Thaler,  $7.80.  Ten  Thaler,  $7.80.  Fred  dor,  $7  60.  Ten  Thaler,  $7.80.  Ten  Thaler,  $7.80.  Ten  Thaler,  $7.80. 


Doable  Ducat,  $4.40.  Carolin,  $4.75.  Ten  Thaler,  $7.80.  Soverain,  $6.50.        Double  Fred  d'or,  $7  80.  Carolin,  $4.75. 


KREDERrKS 
DOR. 

'f.       IS  27.      / 


Double  Fred  d'or,  $7.80.         Soverain,  $6.50.  Carolin,  $4.75. 


Soverain,  $6.50.  Tin  Th.iler,  $7  80.  Double  Ducat,  $4.40. 


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GOLD  COINS  OF  GERTS. ANY— Continued. 


THALER  si 

^•H.8;Cl(j;  +  ^j 


Five  Thaler,  $:i.SO.  Five  Thaler,  $3.90.  Double  Ducat,  $4.40.  Five  Thaler.  $.190.  Teu  ThaJeTfT-SO. 


Ducat,  2.20.  Five  Thaler,  3.90.         Five  Thaler,  3.90.  Ducat,  2.20.  Suverain,  6.00.  Ducat.  2.20.  Five   Itiaier,  b.90. 


i  Carolin,  2.30.  I  ucat,  2.20.  Ten  Gilders,  3.9S  five  Thaler,  3.90.         Five  Thaler,  3.90.         Fnil  d'or,  3.90.  Ducat   2  20 


Five  Thaler,  3.90.  Ducat,  2.20.  Ducat,  2.20.  Five  Thaler,  $3.90.         Five  Thaler.  3.90.  Ducat,  2.20  Fire  Thaler,  3.90 


i  Carolin,  2.37.  J  Soverain,  3.25.  i  Soverain,  3.26.  Ducat,  2.20  Ducat,  2.20.  J  Soverain,  3.25.         i  Carolin,  2.37. 


Ducat,  2.20.  Five  Thaler,  3.90.  4  Soverain,  3. 2i.  Ducat,  2.20.  Five  Thaler,  3.90.         Ducat,  2.20.  Ducat,  2.20. 


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gTHALER  ft 

.\  1840  >^ 


12  Mark.'.  l.J5.         Five  Gilders,  1.98  rancs,  1.90.  24  cents.  10  Francs,  1.90.  Five  Gilders,  I.9S.         2i  Thalers,  1.95. 


IMLAY   AND   BICKNELL'S   COINS  OF   THE    WORLD 


Austrian  Rix  Dollar,  93  ct9 


SiXi.n  Crown    1.02. 


rtonW..  Thaler,  1.S". 


Wurtemburgh  Crown,  1.02 


34 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  GIKM. AJXY.— (hut inued. 


IMLAY  AND   BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE   WORLD. 


35 


SILVER  C  »INS  OF  GERMANY— CbnCmMfr^. 


Double  Thn'.T    J   .:t2 


Thaler,  till  e. 


Rix  Thaler  Couvention.  9:i  c. 


DENATUS 
inAUG.MDCCIVIL 

I  AXNO  ; 

:,.  kegim.xxhe:   .^ 

'      AET:XLV     ,-~ 


Kix  Dollar,  'j:i  c. 


36 


IMLAY   AND    BICKNELL'S   COINS  OF   THE    WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  GERMANY— Con^mwed 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  TH^  WORLD. 


87 


SILVER  COINS  OF  GEKM-^VY.— Continued. 


Florin,  44  ct^. 


Florin,  44cts. 


Florin,  44  ct. 


Florin,  44  cle. 


Double  Guilder,  72  cents. 


Thaler  Bfi  e. 


Mark.  30  els. 


Convention  Thaler,  H.I  cts. 


Rix  Thaler  Convention,  93  o. 


Florin,  44  cts. 


Two  Murks,  51   c. 


Convention  Thaler,  93  c. 


2J  Gilders,  90  . 


Florin,  44  cts. 


fc>I)ecie»  Thiiler,  93  cts. 


Two  Gilders,  72  c, 


Double  Thaler,  $1.32. 


Florin,  44  cts. 


Thaler,  (56  c. 


Double  Thaler,  $1.32. 


IMILAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


Hungarian  i  Dollar,  47  cts. 


Thaler,  66  cts. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  GTSMAIHY.— Continued. 


Florin,  44  cts. 


1T6 


72  cents. 


REICHS  jT'  71 


Thaler,  66  cts. 


Ti.aU-r,  00  cts. 


^^ERZHERZOG  '^, 
/S        JOHANN       % 


v^OE STE RRE I C  H  »/, 


^JlXST^ 


173 


EINEFEINE 
MARK 
+  1813-*- 


Convention  Thaler,  93  eta. 
171 


Florin,  44  els. 


Thaler,  66  cts. 


Double  Gilder,  72  cts. 


Thaler,  66  retit^. 


Thaler,  tt6   cts. 


J  Cr.iWn    50  cts. 


Thaler,  66 


40 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  G'ERTSLAflY. —Continued. 


1  Species  Thaler, 46  cts.  6th  Thaler,  10  oU.  6(1    Kreutaers,  39  cts.  10  KreuUers,  6  cts.  Thaler,  66  cts. 


M;irk.  30  o. 


6tli  Tbaler,  10  c. 


Thaler,  66  c.  6th  Convention  Thaler,  15  c.  1  Crown,  23  o. 


Half  Florin,  22  c. 


i  Thaler,  22  c. 


f:CTROTE  iff 

,  i-.r. ,.  r.    ^}f^  .; 


36  Grote,  30  c. 


(jildur,  36  c. 


20  Kreutzers,  15  c. 


6tb  Piece,  10  o. 


'h  vjER  r 

uGROSCIlEN: 


6th  Thaler,  10  c.  6th  Thaler    10  c.  6th  Piece,  10  o.  J  Thaler,  22  o.  2  Lire,  32  o. 


J  Gilder,  18  c. 


Half  Florin,  2ii  c. 


i  Gilder,  18  c. 


2C  Kreutzers,  15  0.  6th  Thaler,  a  c 


Florin,  44  c. 


Lire,  17  aU. 


Half  Mark,  12  o. 


36  Grote,  30  c. 


1  c.  }  Grui.clien,  Ic.  1  c.  3  Kreulzera,  H  c.   5  cepliuies.  2  c.       j  c.  I'lViiiiigu,  1  c.  (iruschen.  2  o.  61'ferinise,  I  o.        1  Gn.te,  1  o 


IMLAY   AND    BICKNELL'S   COINS   OF   THE    WORLD 


l-24th  Thaler,  2  c.        f'th  Thtiler.  Id  c.  10  centimes.  3  c.         6i 


h  Thaler.  10  ee^tJ.     20  Pkillu.e.  5  c.  P,ih  Thnl.r.  in  ct...  Grosohen.  2  c. 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


43 


GOLD  corns  OF  DENBIABE,  NORWAT  ASTD  SWEDEN. 


Double  Ducttt,  $4.40.  Double  Chr.  d'or,  $7.80.  Ducat,  $2.20. 

SILVER  COINS  OF  DENMARK,  NORWAY  AND  SWEDEN. 


Ducit,  $2.20. 


Eight  Marks,  $1.10. 


Rix  Dollar  Specie,  $1. 


Riz  Dollar  Specie,  $1. 


Rix  Dollar,  $1. 


Dollar,  $1. 


Old  DucatooD,  93  cts. 


Rix  Dollar,  Specie,  $1. 


Rix  Dollar  Specie,  $1. 


OM  Ducatoon,  93  cts. 


Specie  Dollar,  $1. 


Eight  Marks,  $1.10. 


Rix  Specie  Dollar,  $1. 


Specie    Uoliiir,  $1. 


44 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COI^S  OF  DENMARK,  NORWAY  AND  SWEDES— Continued. 


J  Sre.  Dol.,  24  e.  8  Skill.,  3  c.  12  Skill.,  7  c  S  Skill.,  :i  c.         M5th  Specie  Dollar,  ti  c.     20  Skill.  Col.,  i   c.         16  Scbill.,  8  c. 


24  Skillings,  10  eU. 
SB 


1  leot. 


«  Skillings.  i  ots.  J  Specie  Dollar,  10  (•(«. 


20  Skillings.  5  cts. 


1  cent. 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


45 


GOLD  COINS  OF  RUSSIA  AND  POLAND. 


:fit>3  0A0TA)'(- 
':  <*  1  30aOTH„V 


}  Imperial,  $3.90.  Five  Roubles,  $3.90.  Fire  Roublei,  $3.! 

SILVER  COINS  OF  RUSSIA  AND  POLAND. 


'^}  ZLOT-  M/i 

'^^'■\      1335    ^f"^^' 


Rouble  and  a  half,  $1.07 


PVBAb 


Rouble,  73  ots. 


Kuublo,  70  cts. 


Rouble,  73  cts. 


,\vW/^MCTAro\v*. 
y,  4.  .SOAOTH-^I 


Rouble,  73  cts. 


Five  Zlut,  63  cts. 


Florin,  44  cts. 


i  Koiiljle,  36  cts. 


Five  Zlot,  53  ots. 


/^/MOHETA^f 


Rouble.  73  cts. 


>^  -^  X' 

'"..18  3  8.,.,.'' 


30  Kopeks,  20  cts. 


i  Rouble,  36  cts. 


Two  Zlot,  18  cts. 


1  Rouble,  35  c. 


i  Rouble,  36  cts. 


Fire  Zlot,  53  cts. 


Rouble,  73  cts. 


Five  Zkii,  53  cts. 


Five  Zlot,  53  cts. 


■    2  5   "l^/ 


U)K"poks,  6  c.         1  Zlot,  10  e. 


25  Kopeks,  IS  1-. 


20  Kopeks,  14  c.  1  Zlot,  9  c.  10  Kopeks  i>  c.  6  Kopeks,  3  c. 


46 


IMLAY   AND    BICKNELL'S   COINS   OF   THE    WORLD. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  ITALY. 


80  Livres,  $15.32. 


96  Livres,  $15. 


10  Scudi,  (10. 


96  Livres,  $15. 


100  Livres,  $19.15. 


mm- 


20  Livres,  $.i,83.  40  Livrea,  $7.60.  2  Droi.pia,  $6.25 


40  Livrc3.  $7.66  2  Dreppia,  $6.25.  2U  Livres,  $3. S3. 


10  Livrei,  $1.90. 


40  Livres,  $7,66. 


96  Livres,  $15. 


40  Livrei,  $7.66. 


20  Livret,  $3.83. 


SILVER  COINS  or  ITALY 


Fire  Lire*  ^'6  «ts. 


Two  Livrue,  36  cla. 


Five  Lifres,  \i»  ct*. 


Fifty  GraDi,  37  eta. 


Five  FraDC9,  93  rt*. 


4  Scudo.  4J  cts 


Five  L  re.  93  ceDi? 


Fiv«  Lire  of  Lombarilv*  93  cents. 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


47 


SILVER  COINS  OF  TStiLY— Continued. 


\  Scudo,  30  oU. 


i  Scudo,  47  ct9. 


Venetian  Seudo,  97  cU. 


i  Scudo,  47  ct9.  i  Scudo,  47  cts. 


Sardinian  Scudo,  $1.25. 


Ten  Pauls  of  Tusoanj,  97  oti. 


Scudo,  y^  Cl8. 


Ten  LiTres  of  Tuscany,  $1.60. 


Koman  Crown,  97  eta. 


Five  Lire  of  Lumbardy,  93  cts. 


Soudo,  93  cts. 


Pire  Franes,  93  cts. 


Fire  Lire  of  Lombardy,  93  cts.     Roman  Testoon,  28  eta.  Crown  of  Bologna,  97  cts.  3  Livrea,  36  o. 


Five  Franca,  93  c. 


5  Soldi,  4  cts.         Franc,  17  cts.  20  Grani,  15  cts.  Roman  Scudo,  97  cts.  2  Carlin,  15  eta.  20  Grani,  15  c.         10  Soldi,  8  c. 


48 


IMLAY   AND    BICKNELL'S   COINS   OF   THE    WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  TTALY— Continued. 


Scudo,  93  c. 


Roman  Testoon,  28  o. 


Five  Pauls,  45  c.  Roman  Testoon,  28  <^. 


Fivfl  Lire,  93  c. 


Ten  Livres  of  Tuscany,  $1.50.  60  Centimes,  8  c.  Roman  Testoon,  28  cts. 


Sardinian  Scudo,  $1.25. 


Sicilian  t'cudo,  93  cts. 


Scudo,  93  els. 


Five  Livrea,  93  cts. 


Crown  of  Bolo{,'ua,  97  ctv 


Siuiio,  93  cte. 


Ten  Pauls  of  Tuscany,  97  ot--. 


Soudo,  93  cts 


Roman  Scudo,  J7  .*ts. 


Il-iir  Testoon,  14  c. 


Tho  l.irc.  36  c 


5th  of  a  "-'cu.lo  of   Luca,  18  c. 


Two  Lires,  30  c. 


1      If5t....ll,     14  I 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  ITALY— Continued. 


Sicilian  Scudo,  93  c. 


Five  Franca,  93  o. 


Neapolitan  Soudo,  86  o. 


49 


Five  Livres,  93  c. 


Scudo,  93  c. 


Sicilian  Soudo,  93  o. 


Neapolitan  Silver  Daoat,  74  o. 


Fifty  Grani,  37  c. 


2  Lire,  35  o. 


Paul,  9  c.  5  Soldi,  4  c.  i  Testoon,  7  c. 


6  c.  Florin,  20  o.  Two  Livre?,  36  c. 


Livre,  17  e.  Five  Pauls,  45  c. 

102 


Scudo,  93  c. 


5tli  of  a  Scudo  of  Luca,  18  c.  Lira,  IJS  c. 


Two  Paul..  18  0. 


Two  Carlin,  15  c. 


20Gr:ini    15  c 


Tw"  lorlin,  15  c. 


Two  Pauls,  18  c. 


50 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  TIALY— Continued. 


Two  Lire,  36  e. 


Romaa  Testoon,  28  e. 


Sicili&n  Lire,  17  o. 


20  GraiDi,  IS  c. 


GOLD  COINS  OF  SPAIN. 


Doubloon,  $15  50. 


i  Doubloon,  $7.75. 


i  Doubloon,  $4. 


1-16  Doub.,  $1.         i  Doubloon,  $L\ 


SILVER  COINS  OF  SPAIN. 


Dollar,  SI. 


Five  Pesetas,  95  ots. 


Old  Pillar  Dollar,  $1. 


Double  Pi.-tureen,  37  cts.  J   Dollar,  50  els. 


Dollar  of  20  Reals,  $1 


i   Dollar,  47  cU.  Pillar  i  Dollar,  23  cU. 


Tl..U:,r.    ?l 


D.illar.   $1. 


Dollar.   <1. 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


51 


SILVER  COINS  OF  STAIN— Cojitinued. 


Medio,  10  0.  J  Hollar,  10  c. 


Pistareen,  16  cents. 


Pistnreon,  16  o.  2  Keala,  9  c.  J  Pistareen,  8  c. 


Half  Dollar,  47  0. 


Half  Dollar,  47  c.  Double  Pistartjen,  36  cts.         Kesollado  of  Ton  Keala    60  c.  Half  Dollar  50  c. 


i  Pistareen,  8  c.         Pistareen,  16  o.  Pistareen,  16  c. 


1  Diilliir,  211  c. 


Pistareen,  16  e. 


i  Pistareen,  8  c. 


■.vrEErCIUDADiV/i 
■:i',  RDECHIA'y,? 
'  X!'  PA-ANO  .f>. 

..,'*Jl      -1808 -y^fc- 


i  Dollar,  20  c. 


Pistareen,  14  c. 


i  Dollar,  20  cents. 


}  Dollar,  20  c. 


Pesi-ta,   10  c. 


i  Dollar,  10  c.  Pistareen,  18  i 


Peseta,  16  c. 


i  Pistareen,  9  c.  Pistareen,  14  < 


53 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


SILVER  COINS  OF  S? ATS— Continued. 


00  CtMU: 


Reals,  9  c. 


i  Medio,  5  c. 


Piatareon,  16  c. 


1  -16lh  Dollar,  5  5.  i  Medio,  3  c.  J  PistareoD,  4  8. 


SILVER  AND  COPPER  COINS  OF  TURKEY. 


20  Piastres,  90  cts. 


Ghersh,  (Copper,)  10  cts. 


Chersh,  (Copper,;  10  cts. 


20  Piastres,  00  cts. 


Altmichlik,  i  «.  Utchlik,  10  c.         Piastre,  5  c.  i  Altilik,  10  c.  i  Altilik,  10  o.  Piastie,  5    c.       Altmichilk,  5  c.      i  Altilik,  10  c. 

GOLD  AND  SILVER  COINS  OF  GREECE. 


20Drachme,  ^Gold)  $3.40.  Dracbme,  18  c. 


5  Drachme,  SO  cts. 


i  Drachme,  8  c 


SILVER  COINS  OF  HAYTL 


25  cent  piece. 


60  cent  piece. 


12  cent  piece. 
The  (genuine  pieces  of  Hsyti  are  of  low  silver,  and  a  large  number  of  those  in  circulation  are  counterfeit;  consequently  no  ralue  ia  attached  to  them, 
except  as  curiosities  by  antiquarians. 


IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE    WORLD. 


53 


THE  JEWISH  SHEKEL. 

(Originals  kindly  furnished  by  Hon.  J.  Ross  Snowden,  Director  of  the  Mint  ) 
,1 


Although  the  Shekel  (a  Hebrew  word  .signifying  to  weigh)  was  an  ancient  measure  of  gold  and  silver  currency  among  the  Jews,  there  does  not  ap- 
pear to  hiive  been  a  Coin  of  that  name,  until  permission  was  given  to  Sinum  Maccabceus  to  coin  money  by  Antiochus  Sidetes  in  the  year  b.  c.  138. 
(See  1  Miiccabees,  chap,  xv.)  The  permission  was  soon  revoked  ;  but  a  few  of  these  pieces  have  survived  to  our  diiy,  and  above  is  the  engraved  copy 
of  one  in  the  cabinet  of  the  U.  S.  Mint,  procured  at  a  high  price  some  years  since,  through  the  agency  of  a  gentleman  connected  with  the  American 
Legation  at  Constantinople,  an  eminent  connoisseur  of  antiques.  Simon  did  not  choose  to  put  his  own  effigy  on  the  coin  nor  that  of  the  Syrian  mon- 
arch. On  one  side  is  the  budding  md  of  Aaron,  with  the  legend  *  Jeru.-^alein  the  Holy  ;"  on  the  other  a  cup  of  incense  or  pot  of  m;mna,  and  "  She- 
kel of  Israel."  The  legends  are  in  the  Samaritan  character,  Hebrew  being  then  obsnlete  in  Judea.  The  value  is  about  56  cents  ;  or,  at  the  present 
high  rate  of  silver,  near  59  cents.  In  currency  it  agreed  with  the  silver  stater  or  tetradrachm,  (nr  piece  of  four  drachms,)  then  and  afterwards  al»un- 
dautly  coined  by  the  Greek  and  Gri'oo-Syrijin  dynasties.  The  Syrian  stater  was  the  "piece  of  money  "  mentioned  in  the  New  Teitament,  Matt.  xvii. 
27.     The  term  Shekclhud  then  passed  out  of  use. 

There  is  in  existence  a  shekel  with  Ih'Urcic  legends,  to  the  same  purport  as  the  foregoing.  It  is  well  known  to  be  an  imposture ;  a  pretty  old  one, 
however,  having  been  made  two  or  three  centuries  ago  ;  it  is  therefore,  quite  a  curiosity,  and  a  copj'  of  it  is  also  given  below.  The  same  piece  is  to  bo 
seen  in  the  Mint  Cabinet. 


Hebrew  Shekel, 
not  authentic. 


THE  WIDOW'S  MITE. 


The  "  Widow's  Mite,"  in  the  Mint  collection  attracts  so  much  nl- 
tentjon,  that  we  herewith  give  a  copy  of  it.  It  is  a  bronze  composition, 
and  the  siuallest  of  ancient   coins,  weighing  onlj  ten   grains.     It  was 


© 


P  found  near  the  site  of  the  ancient  temple  of  Jerusalem,  and  there  ari.' 
sniid  reasuns  for  affirming  that  it  was  a  Ze/?(on,  (translated  *  mite,"; 
diiting   as  f;ir  back  as  the  Christian  era. 


MISCELLAXEOnS  COFFER  COINS. 


1  Penny  Bank  Token,  Canada.  1  Penny  Token,  Nova  Scotia.  i  Penny  Bank  Token,  Canada. 


1  Penny  Token  Nova  Scotia. 


.*i'CEM.,.ri 


i  Penny  Bank  Tol^en,  Canada. 
13 


5  Centitnes. 


1  cent. 


••^icENTt;^^: 


1  cent. 


i  cent. 


1  cent. 


i  cent. 


54  IMLAY  AND  BICKNELL'S  COINS  OF  THE  WORLD. 

COIXS    OF    JAPAN. 

Thk  Publishers  have  ocpasinn  ngain  to  express  their  clieerful  thanks  to  the  Hon  J.  Ross  Snowden.  Director  of  the  Mint  and  its  hrnn'-hes  for 
the  Fi'liowiiio-  interesting  paper  on  the  suhjeot  of  the  Moneys  jind  Coins  of  Jap:m  :  ms  also  for  the  nso  of  the  original  coins,  us  minted  hy  the  Japan- 
e.-'e  government,  and  from  which  the  annexed  accurately  executed  plates  were  taken  hy  the  distinguished  Artist  and  Engraver.  K.  Rogers.  Ksq. 
This  ]iaper  is  valuable  for  the  information  it  affords  to  the  man  of  business,  and  to  the  public  generally  :  and  the  fac-similes  of  the  C<iins  we  pri-s(-nt 
still  ni'M-e  so.  for  the  reason  that  they  constitute  the  only  collection  in  this  ftjrtu  to  which  the  American  people  have  access.  The  Pennsi/fvaitian,  of 
this  cilv.  referring  to  this  subject,  says,  "  the  proportionate  value  of  Gold  and  Silver  is  very  singular  ami  extrattrdinary,*  and  that  some  of  our  en- 
"  terpri.sing  Americans  may  find  a  way  to  enlighten  those  curious  people — the  Japanese — if  their  ports  can  bo  opened  t-.  our  ships." 

Assay  Office,  U.  S.  Mint,  Feb.  5,  1859. 
Hon.  J.  R.  SxowDEN,  Director  of  the  3Iint,  ^c. 

Dear  Sir  : — There  are  few  matters  of  greater  curiosity,  in  regard  to  the  people  of  Japan,  than  tlieir 
sy.stem  of  moneys;  and  at  the  present  moment,  when  public  attention  is  much  drawn  in  that  direction,  some 
details  would,  we  presume,  be  timely  and  acceptable. 

The  series  of  Japanese  coin  consists  of  three  sizes  of  gold,  two  of  silver,  and  three  of  an  alloy  of  inferior 
metals.  In  their  shape,  composition,  and  relation  to  each  other,  they  present  some  striking  features,  which  set 
them  apart  from  every  other  system  of  coinage  in  the  world. 

The  principal  gold  coin,  known  as  the  cobang  or  cobnnk,  is  of  an  oval  shape,  about  two  and  a  half  inches 
long,  and  half  as  wide.  Is  is  very  thin,  soft,  and  easily  bent,  having  no  elasticity;  its  appearance  is  that  of 
fine  gold,  and  its  surface  is  marked  by  sundry  figures  not  well  understood  as  yet,  although  it  is  said  that  the 
flowery  ornaments  are  "the  arms  of  the  Spiritual  Emperor,"  and  that  a  certain  central  cypher  is  the  special 
imprint  of  the  "Inspector  General  of  money."  The  weight,  two  specimens  agreeing,  is  362  thousandths  of  an 
ounce,  or  nearly  174  grains.  Next  is  a  gold  piece  of  one-fourth  that  weight,  and  intended  as  a  quarter  of  the 
preceding,  called  the  "gold  itzehu;"  but  its  form  is  entirely  different.  It  is  four-sided,  rectangular,  and  very 
thick ;  three-fourths  of  an  inch  long,  and  half  that  in  width.  The  smallest  gold  coin  is  the  half  itzebu,  of  pro- 
portional size.  We  have  then  the  silver  itzebu,  and  its  quarter  of  the  same  domino  shape ;  the  larger  piece  weighing 
280  thousandths  of  an  ounce,  or  134|  grains.  Passing  to  the  third  division,  there  is  the  "hundred^>'s(;j!K^,"  a  cast- 
ing of  red  brass,  oval  and  thick,  measuring  two  inches  long,and  a  little  more  than  half  as  wide,  with  a  hole  in  the 
center.  Finally  there  are  pieces  of  four,  and  one  p'senny  circular,  with  holes  in  the  center,  and  scarcely  to  be 
distinguished  from  the  well  known  Chinese  cash. 

The  composition  of  these  coins,  a  subject  falling  within  our  particular  province,  has  been  to  some  extent 
examined.  The  cobang  and  itzebu,  as  was  observed,  have  the  appearance  of  fine  gold ;  and  it  is  said,  are 
regai-ded  at  home  as  being  of  high  quality.  But  it  is  only  necessary  to  scratch  away  the  surface,  to  discover 
that  the  Japanese  understand  the  process  of  pickling,  well  known  to  workers  in  jewelry,  whether  in  America  or 
Asia,  or  even  in  the  center  of  Africa.  Trusting  to  the  somewhat  permanent  effects  of  "hard  biting,"  they 
have  not  even  added  copper  to  mitigate  the  whitening  effect  of  silver  alloy ;  the  mixture  being  gold  and  silver, 
and  not  far  from  equal  proportions.  The  cobang,  two  pieces  assayed,  gave  567 J  and  568|  thousandths  fine ; 
the  itzebu  resulted  566.  These  figures  indicate  a  designed,  though  probably  a  secret  standard.  The  conse- 
quent intrinsic  values  are,  according  to  our  Mint  rates,  and  allowing  for  silver  contained,  $4.44  for  the  cobang, 
and  $1.11  (nearly)  for  the  itzebu. 

It  is  interesting  to  observe  that,  although  so  ignorant  of  the  methods  of  other  nations,  Japan  has  imitated, 
and  even  exceeded  them,  in  the  process  of  deterioration  of  moneys.  About  the  beginning  of  the  last  century, 
the  cobang,  quite  similar  in  shape  and  device  to  the  present  piece,  weighed  272  grains,  was  854  fine,  and  worth 
just  ten  dollars.  A  century  later,  it  had  fallen  to  196  grains,  667  fine,  and  worth  (including  silver)  five  dol- 
lars and  seventy-eight  cents. 

The  smallest  gold  coin  has  not  been  assayed ;  it  evidently  contains  but  little  gold,  and  has  therefore  a 
forced  valuation.  The  transition  to  the  next  piece  in  order,  the  largest  silver  coin,  affords  a  fresh  surprise.  It 
is  found  to  be  of  almost  absolute  fineness ;  that  is,  991  thousandths ;  and  is  worth  37  cents.  While  this  proves 
that  the  Japanese  possess  the  art  of  refining,  it  does  not  explain  why  they  debase  the  gold  and  refine  the  silver. 
The  .smallest  silver  piece  is  apparently  not  inferior  in  fineness. 

The  foregoing  details  will  be  interesting  to  the  numismatist  and  metallurgist ;  but  the  fact  which  remains 
will  excite  a  more  popular  attention.  It  is  in  regard  to  the  legal  relation  which  these  coins  bear  to  each  other. 
Insulated  from  the  rest  of  mankind,  the  Jap.anese  have  proportioned  gold  to  silver  according  to  their  own  ideas 
of  use  and  state  of  supply.  The  gold  and  silver  itzebu  are,  as  is  stated,  interchangeable;  that  is,  a  piece  which 
is  worth  in  our  eyes  111  cents,  (and  to  a  Japanese  worth  nearly  as  much  as  two  of  our  gold  dollars,  because  he 
supposes  it  to  be  much  better  gold  than  it  is,)  buys  no  more  than  a  piece  which,  with  us,  would  be  37  cents. 
The  Spanish  or  Mexican  dollar  they  consider  equal  to  three  itzebu;  which  is  three-fourths  of  a  cobang,  or 
$3.33.  The  abundance  of  gold,  or  scarcity  of  silver,  which  creates  such  a  strange  ratio,  would  no  doubt  be  promptly 
corrected  by  foreign  traders,  for  the  sake  of  the  enormous  profit.  But  unfortunately  there  is  a  stringent  law 
against  the  exportation  of  coin,  which  makes  it  very  difiicult  even  to  get  a  few  pieces  for  assay.  For  our  facil- 
ities in  this  respect,  we  are  indebted  to  the  perseverance  of  a  gentleman  who  is  interested  in  the  collection  of 
rare  coins,  and  to  his  correspondent  abroad. 

What  relation  the  oval  piece  of  brass,  which  passes  for  "one  hundred  p'senny  "  bears  to  the  itzebu,  we  are  not 
informed.  It  weighs  only  about  six  times  as  much  as  the  piece  of  one  p'senny,  and  therefore  bears  an  arbitrary 
value;  unless  brass  is  there  held  to  be  vastly  more  valuable  than  an  alloy  of  copper  and  lead,  which  appears  to 
be  the  composition  of  the  coin  which  stands  at  the  bottom  of  the  scale.  J.   R.  Eckfeldt, 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servants,  Wm.  E.  Dubois. 

*  It  may  be  added    ihat  ihe  ratio  ..f  gold  r.>  silver,  as  deduced  from  the  Coins   is  43  to   1.     In  all  other  countries   it   is  15   or  16  to  1.     The  vast 
difference  is  owing  to  non-intercourse  laws    and  to  Ihe  product  of  Japanese  gold  niincs. 


IMLAY   AND    BICKNELL'S   COINS   OF   THE    WORLD. 


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GOLD,  SILVER,  COPPER,  AND  IRON  COINS  OF  JAPAN. 

(Originals  kindly  furnished  by  Hon.  J.  Koss  Snowden,  Director  of  the  Mint.) 


mmm 


100  P'senny.     Copper. 


SILVER   COIN   OF  JAPAN. 

Tliis    coin,    with    similar    niics 

was  obtaiueil  by  n  Otftcer  of  tlie 
U.  S.  Exploring  Expedition, 
from  ft  eoinp.any  of  Jiipanesc 
who  liiol  drifted  far  out  into  (be 
Pacific,  and  were  taken  up  in  n 
starving  condilion.      Subseuueiu- 


ly,  ill  tbp  otliiT  roiiiy  Wert,  lost  in 
the  nreck  of  the  "  Peacock,"  one 
"('  (he  exploring  ve.«.«tls.  This 
coin  was  placed  in  the  Cab- 
inet by  Titian  I'eale,  Esq., 
attached  to  the  Expedi- 
tion 


Half  Itzebu,  (Supposed.) 


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Japanese  Iron  Cash, 
altoiii  4UU0  to  the  Silver  dollar. 


Silver,  Quarto  Itzt-bu    9^'  i  t;^ 


1  P'tonny.  Copper.  Gold,  Itzebu.  $1.11 


Silver,  Itzebu,  37  cts. 


Gold,  Itzebu,  $1.11.  1  P'senny.    Copper. 


No.  37  South  Third  Street,  Philadelphia. 


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Capital  £1,259,760.  $6,298,800. 

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Mrssrs.  STUART  &  BROTHER,  No.  13  Bank  St.        JOS.  B.  MITCHELL,  Esq.,  Pres't  Mechanics  Bank. 
MYERS,  CLAGHORN  &  Co.,  232  Market  St.  JAMES  DUNLAP,  Esq.,  President  Union  Bank, 
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N.  B.  THOMPSON  &  CO.,  45  N.  Water  St.  Judge  Supreme  Court, 

"       Messrs.  McCUTCHEON  &  COLLINS,  S.  W.  cor.  Front  &  New  Sts. 


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labors,  which  have  done  so  much  to  establish  the 
accuracy  of  pronunciation,  while  afi"ording  the 
reader,  by  the  citation  of  authorities,  the  means 
of  determining  for  himself." 

Washington  Irving,  L.  L.  D.,  says: — "As  far 
as  I  have  had  time  to  examine  the  Pronouncing, 
Explanatory,  and  Synonymous  Dictionary,  il 
gives  me  great  satisfaction,  and  appears  to  me  to 
be  well  calculated  to  fulfil  the  purpose  for  which 
it  professes  to  bo  intended — to  supply  the  wants 
of  Common  Schools,  and  to  be  a  sufficient  manual 
for  schools  of  a  higher  order." 

Hon.  Josiah  Quinoy,  L.  L.  D.,  lat«  President 
of  Harvard  College,  says: — "The  public  have 
long  since  passed  judgement  on  your  qualifica- 
tions, and  the  lapse  of  many  years  has  confirmed 
its  earliest  decisions." 

Rev.  Edward  Hitchcock,  D.  D.,  late  President 
of  Amherst  College,  says: — "Having  been  in  the 
habit  of  using  the  Universal  and  Critical  Dic- 
tionary, almost  exclusively,  for  several  years,  I 
shall  welcome  the  new  one,  with  its  improvements 
and  additions." 

Hon.  John  McLean,  L.  L.  D.,  says: — "Ever 
since  the  publication  of  your  large  Dictionary,  I 
have  had  it  near  me  in  my  library,  and  one  of  the 
smaller  editions  I  have  always  had  on  my  table, 
at  every  place  where  my  public  duties  call  me." 

Rev.  Eliphalet  Nott,  D.  D.,  President  of  Union 
College,  says  : — "  With  the  large  work  {the  Uni- 
versal and  Critical)  I  have  long  been  familiar,  and 
can  cheerfully  bear  testimony  to  its  great  merits. 
It  is  at  once  a  monument  to  the  honor  of  its 
author,  and  to  the  country  thus  signalized  by  his 
labors." 

Prof.  C.  C.  Felton,  L.  L.  D.,  of  Harvard  College, 
says: — "The  influence  of  your  works  is  rapidly 
extending,  in  spite  of  opposition,  and  I  am  very 
sure  that  your  great  Dictionary  will  become  the 
standard  everywhere." 

Rev.  William  Steams,  D.  D.  President  of  Am 
herst  College  says : — "  I  have  already  looked  into 
it  (the  Academic  Dictionary)  sufficiently  to  see 
that  it  is  a  great  improvement  on  your  former 
work,  which,  to  say  of  any  work  of  the  kind,  is 
the  greatest  praise. 

Rev.  Charles  G.  Finney,  President  of  Oberlin 
College,  says: — "It  is,  and  timely,  a  highly  im- 
portant book.  It  is  needed  in  n«arly  every  family, 
and  will  be  much  valued  by  the  reader." 

Rev.  James  Walker,  D.  D.,  President  of  Har- 
vard College,  says: — "It,  (the  Academic)  is, 
beyond  question,  the  most  convonient  Dictionary 
for  the  study  table,  and  for  common  use,  which  I 
have  yet  seen." 

Hon.  Theodore  Frelinghuysen,  L.  L.  D.,  Presi 
dent  of  Rutgers  College,  says: — "I  shall  prize 
it  as  a  most  valuable  help  in  all  its  departments." 

Rev.  Daniel  Kirkwood,  L.  L.  D.,  President  of 
Delaware  College,  says  : — "  I  regard  the  work  as 


one  of  great  merit,  admirably  adapted  to  the  uses 
for  which  it  is  designed." 

Rev.  James  B.  Dodd,  President  of  Transylva- 
nia University,  says:  —  "For  the  purpose  of 
convenient  consultation,  by  readers  of  every 
class,  and  more  especially  by  the  student  who 
would  gain  a  critical,  a  practical,  and  an  exten- 
sive acquaintance  with  the  English  and  American 
language,  undefiled,  there  is  no  Dictionary  equal 
to  this." 

Rev.  Benjamin  Hale,  D.  D.,  President  of  Ho- 
bart  Free  College,  says  : — "  I  have  used  your 
Dictionary  for  many  years,  with  great  satisfac- 
tion, and  your  smaller  one  I  have  been  in  the 
habit  of  recommending  for  the  use  of  pupils." 

Rev.  C.  Collins,  D.  D.,  President  of  Dickinson 
College,  says : — "  I  take  pleasure  in  saying  that 
it  (the  Academic)  seems  to  me  to  fulfil  the  condi- 
tions of  a  common  reference  Dictionary  more  per- 
fectly than  any  one  now  before  the  public." 

Rev.  William  A.  Smith,  D.  D.,  President  of 
Randolph  Macon  College,  says : — "lam  happy 
to  state  that  your  additions  to  the  plan  usually 
pursued  in  works  of  the  kind  are  decided  im- 
provements, greatly  increasing  the  practical  value 
of  a  dictionary." 

S.  H.  Taylor,  L.  L.  D.,  Principal  of  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  says  :  —  "  The  Dictionary 
seems  to  me  to  combine  unusual  excellencies,  and 
as  a  manual  for  general  use,  and  for  high  schools 
and  colleges,  it  has  no  superior." 

Rev.  Mark  Hopkins,  D.  D.,  President  of  Wil- 
liam's College,  says: — "The  work  seems  to  me 
to  be  very  complete,  and  as  well  adapted  for  the 
purpose  intended  as  anything  can  well  be.  I 
have  your  large  edition  in  constant  use." 

Rev.  Leonard  Woods,  D.  D.,  President  of  Bow- 
doin  College,  says:  —  "I  assure  you  that  I  have 
found  no  occasion  to  alter  the  favorable  opinion  I 
long  ago  formed  of  your  Dictionaries,  in  compar 
ison  with  any  others  which  I  have  had  an  oppor- 
tunity to  examine." 

Prof.  Arthur  M.  Perry,  A.  M.,  Williams's  Col 
lege,  says:  —  "I  do  not  hesitate  to  pronounce  it 
eminently  adapted  to  high  schools  and  academies. 

Prof.  Samuel  K.  Smith.  A.  M.,  Waterville  Col- 
lege, says:  —  "It  is,  in  my  judgement,  the  most 
convenient  and  valuable  Dictionary  for  the  use  of 
those  for  whom  it  is  especially  designed  with  which 
I  am  acquainted. 

Rev.  Alonzo  Potter,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Pennsyl 
vania,  says: — "Your  larger  Dictionary  has  been 
my  principal  resource  ever  since  it  was  published." 

Rev.  R.  E.  Pattison,  D.  D.,  President  of  Water- 
ville College,  says: — "It  is  manifestly  superior  to 
any  other  work  of  the  same  general  design." 

Prof.  S.  G.  Brown,  A.  M.,  Dartmouth  College, 
says: — "It  seems  to  me  by  far  the  most  compre- 
hensive and  valuable  manual  that  I  am  acquaint- 
ed with." 

Prof.  H.  H,  Barney,  A.  M.,  Commissioner  of 
Public  Schools  in  Ohio,  says : — "  I  regard  Worces 
ter's  Elementary  and  Comprehensive  Dictionaries 
as  the  best  school  dictionaries  extant." 

Prof.  Aaron  Williams,  A.  M.,  University  of  Ohio, 
says : — "It  is  undoubtedly  the  best  standard  which 
we  have,  as  to  orthography  and  pronunciation." 

Hon.  Horace  Mann,  L.  L.  D.,  President  of  An 


tioch  College,  says: — "In  all  my  writing,  speak- 
ing, and  teaching.  I  have  endeavored  to  conform 
to  the  rules  for  orthography  and  pronunciation  as 
contained  in  Worcester's  Dictionary." 

Prof.  Francis  Lieber,  L.  L.  D.,  South  Carolina 
College,  says : — "  I  consider  it  the  best  of  all  Amer- 
ican dictionaries  of  the  English  language." 

Rev,  John  Wheeler,  D.  D.,  President  of  Uni- 
versity of  Vermont,  says: — "I  have  used  Wor- 
cester's Universal  and  Critical  Dictionary  in  pre- 
ference to  any  other,  for  constant  reference." 

Hon,  Charles  Sumner,  United  States  Senator, 
says: — "The  Universal  Dictionary  I  have  used 
constantly,  and  almost  daily,  since  its  publication. 
I  have  no  hesitation  in  calling  it  the  best  practi- 
cal dictionary  of  the  English  language." 

Prof.  William  H.  Wells,  Superintendent  of 
Schools,  Chicago,  III.,  says:— "As  a  standard  of 
orthography  and  pronunciation,  the  compilation 
of  Mr.  Worcester  is  far  in  advance  of  all  other 
works  of  its  class." 

Prof.  James  T.  Champlin,  Waterville  College 
says: — "As  a  medium  dictionary  for  common, 
every-day  use,  I  know  of  nothing  equal  to  it." 

Hon.  George  Bancroft,  L.  L.  D.,  says: — "On 
questions  of  orthography,  I  shall  make  it  my 
standard,  allowing  myself  rare  deviations,  or  per- 
haps no  deviations  whatever." 

Horace  Webster,  L.  L.  D..  Principal  Free  Acad- 
emy, New  York,  says: — "Worcester's  Dictionary 
of  the  English  Language  has  been  in  use  in  this 
institution  from  its  commencement,  and  is  con- 
sidered a  standard  work.  The  present  edition, 
containing  the  synonyms  of  the  language,  is  much 
superior  to  any  former  one,  and  possesses  a  high 
degree  of  excellence." 

Prof.  E.  A.  Johnson,  University  of  City  of  New 
York,  says: — "The  fulness  and  compass  of  the 
vocabulary,  the  minute  and  careful  attention  be- 
stowed upon  the  subject  of  orthoepy,  the  propriety 
of  the  orthography,  the  clearness  and  exactness 
of  the  definitions,  together  with  the  nice  critical 
notes  on  unauthorized  words,  provincial  usage, 
&.C.J  which  are  found  throughout  the  volume,  are 
excellencies  which  distinguish  this  above  any 
other  dictionary  within  my  knowledge." 

John  S.  Hart,  L.  L.  D.,  Principal  of  the  High 
School,  Philadelphia,  says: — "The  work  of  Dr. 
Worcester,  is,  in  my  opinion,  one  of  uncommon 
excellence.  As  a  pronouncing  Dictionary,  its 
value  is  very  great.  The  principles  of  orthoepy 
adopted  by  the  author  are  sound  and  conserva- 
tive, and  his  method  of  notation  at  once  complete 
and  simple.  The  exhibition  of  authorities,  in  the 
case  of  disputed  or  doubtful  pronunciation,  is  a 
source  of  great  satisfaction  to  the  inquirer,  giving 
the  means  of  an  intelligent  opinion  with  very  lit- 
tle labor.  But  independently  of  its  merits  as  a 
pronouncing  Dictionary,  Dr.  Worcester's  work 
has  a  high  value  as  a  comprehensive  and  learned 
vocabulary  of  the  language,  replete  with  infor- 
mation, and  marked  throughout  with  the  logical 
features  of  the  author's  mind." 

We  might  fill  a  volume  with  similar  extracts, 
but  the  foregoing  will  suffice  to  show  that  Wor- 
cester's Dictionaries  are  regarded  by  the  literary 
men  of  the  country  as  tlie  standard  works  of  the 
English  language. 


Worcester's  Quarto  Dictionary  is  rapidly  approaching  completion,  and  we  hope  to  publish  it  in  May  next.  We  are  preparing  an  edition  for 
subscribers  at  the  low  price  of  $7.60  per  copy.  It  will  be  printed  on  extra  fine  paper,  with  large  margin,  as  per  specimen  copy,  which  may  be  seen 
at  the  Book  Store  of  J.  B.  SMITH  &  Co.,  No.  610  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


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STEEL  LINED  Bankers  Money  Safes,  Side-Board,  Parlor,  and  Oraamental  Dwelling 
House  Safes,  for  Plate,  Silver,  &c.  and  only  Makers  in  this  State  of  the  unequaled 


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WORLD'S  FAIR,  LONDON,  1851,  &  CRYSTAL  PALACE,  N.  Y.  1853. 

The  subscribers  have  recently  removed  from  34  Walnut  Street,  to  their  New  Store,  629  Chestnut  Street, 
where  can  at  all  times  be  found  the  largest  assortment  of  Safes  in  this  country. 

FARREL,  HERRING  <fe   CO. 

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PATENT  POCKET 


FOR  TESTING  THE  VARIOUS  KINDS  OF 


GOLD  AND  SILVER  COINS, 

Patented  January  13th,  1857. 


T]ae  size  of  this  instrument  when  in  shape  to  carry  in  the  pocket  is  only  three  inches  long  and  one 
fourth  of  an  inch  thick.     It  not  only  detects  by  weight  but  by  size  and  thickness. 

This  little  instrument  will  be  sent  by  mail,  post  paid,  to  any  part  of  the  United  States,  on  receipt  of 
one  dollar,  in  gold,  silver,  bank  note  paper  or  postage  stamps. 

A  liberal  discount  will  be  made  to  persons  ordering  by  the  quantity,  to  sell  again.  The  Trade  will 
find  a  ready  demand  for  this  cute  little  article,  both  when  times  are  dull  and  brisk.     Everybody  buys  it. 

It  will  be  observed,  therefore,  that  for  the  pittance  charged  below,  the  public  is  guarantied  against 
loss  resulting  from  the  circulation  of  bogus  Bank  Notes  and  Coin,  which  now  flood  the  country,  and  the  daily 
augmentation  of  which  is  frightful.  No  business,  however  small,  can  afford  to  delay  a  moment  to  send  for 
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Tlae  Best  Pen  in  tlie  TV^orld ! ! 


GOLDEN  METALLIC  PEN! 


WAS  FIRST  INVENTED  AND  BROUGHT  INTO  USE  BY 


IMPORTER  OF  WATCHES  and  MANUFACTURING  JEWELER, 

:^<^o.  34  So-txtla  Tlalrcl  Street,  :F>liila.d-eliDl-ilob,  "^Sb. 

And  altliougli  numerous  imitators  have  exerted  tliemselves  to  make  and  vend  an  article  similar  in  appearance 
and  to  effect  sales,  by  using  the  name  of  S.  J.  Bestor  on  their  labels  and  Boxes,  yet 

AS     THE 

Best,  Most  Durable,  Most  Attractive,  Prettiest  and  Most  Popular  Pen  ever  sold, 

In  tliis  or  any  other  country. 

■  ■" Bestor'sGoiden"'^^^^^  

And  not  only  beautiful,  but  is  the  most  Economical  Pen  that  can  be  used.     Though  before  the  Public,  but  comparatively  a  short 
time,  yet  it  has  created  for  itself  its  own  popularity,  and  wherever  introduced  or  shown,  commands  an  immediate  sale. 

"  We  assert  in  all  confidence  that  they  are  superior  to  any  other  Metallic  Pen  ever  before  introduced ;  and  the  testimonials  we 
are  daily  receiving  from  our  Customers  and  Friends, — Merchants,  Teachers  of  Penmanship,  Editors  and  Book-keepers,  corroborate 
also  our  assertions.     We  are  confident  that  they  will  ultimately  supercede  all  other  Pens,  excepting  the  finest  gold. 

The  peculiarities  of  the  Golden  Pex  are  numerous.  They  are  well-tempered  ani  smooth ;  are  made  of  the^'ncsi  elastic  materials, 
and  then  plated  and  pointed  with  the  lest  English  Gold  Finish,  giving  them  a  most  attractire  and  beautiful  appearance;  will  not  cor- 
rode, and  have  never  yet  failed  to  give  perfect  satisfaction  wherever  used. 

Nothing,  except  the  finest  gold  pens,  ever  before  invented  in  the  pen  line,  can  compare  ivith  them  in  appearance,  quality,  economy,  sale- 
ability  or  cheapness. 

They  are  indeed  superior,  and  by  many,  preferred  to  a  solid  gold  pen,  as  t!ie  points  never  come  off. 

BESTOR'S  GOLDEN  PENS  aflbrd  good  profit  to  the  retailer,  and  yet  are  cheaper  than  any  steel  pen,  because— they  will  last 
ten  times  longer,  write  smoother,  and  are  every  way  preferable ;  our  customers  infoi-m  ns  they  can  easier  retail  them  at  a  half  dime, 
or  dime  even,  each,  than  other  pens  at  a  lower  price. 

Their  best  recommendation,  however,  is  the  rapid  introduction  they  are  receiving  in  Schools,  Colleges,  Banks  and  Mercantile 
Establishments  throughout  the  Union,  and  their  construction,  elastic  qualities,  and  gold-like  appearance,  render  them  not  only 
suitable  for  every  general  use,  biit  universal  favorites  for  all  writing  purposes. 

BESTOR'S  GOLDEN  PEN  is  destined  to  be  the  Pen  for  the  Million,  and  it  is  the  intention  of  the  Proprietor,  that  every  town, 
and  county,  and  if  possible  every  family  in  the  United  States  shall  give  it  use.  It  is  our  design  to  advertise  them  extensively  and 
thus  facilitate  their  Sale,  through  our  customers  in  the  difi'erent  Sections  of  our  country.  To  do  this  will  require  an  immense  outlay 
of  capital  andlabor,  but  we  s  hall  bring  to  bear  the  most  generous  outlay  of  means,  establisliing  a  uniform  price,  at  wholesale  and 
retail,  and  as  near  as  possilile,  require  all  who  are  our  agents,  for  their  introduction  and  Sale  to  do  likewise. 

BESTOR'S  GOLDEN  PEN  is  put  up  in  a  New  and  Most  Attractive  Style,  being  in  metal  boxes,  gilt,  to  resemble  gold,  each 
box  containing  one  dozen,  and  twelve  boxes  (constituting  one  gross,)  enclosed  in  another  neat  box,  appropriately  labeled.  Every 
pen  is  stamped  "Bestor's  Golden  Pen,"  and  every  metal  bos  has  the  words  "  Bestor's  Gold  Metallic  Pen"  stamped  upon  it,  and  none 
are  genuine  unless  so  stamped.     J8@»    BEAUTIFUL  SHOW   CARDS   ACCOMPANY   EVERY   WHOLESALE   SUPPLY. 

THE   PRIC£  OF  BESTOR'S  GOLDEX  PEN   IS 

Only  THREE  DOLLARS  per  Gross,  and  sent  by  Mail  free  of  all  Expense. 

fi@-NO  ORDERS    FILLED  FOR    LESS   THAN    A   CROSS, -®a 

And  we  wish  it  distinctly  understood  that  our  business,  being  a  wholesale  one,  we  send  Sample  Grosses  at  a  fair  retail  price 
only,  that  they  may  be  seen  and  their  merits  tested,  hoping  for  wholesale  orders. 

For  wholesale  rates  address  by  letter  or  call  in  person.  If  by  letter,  we  shall  expect  to  be  informed  whether  the  parties  ap- 
plying, are  Merchants,  or  legitimate  dealers  either  local  or  traveling,  as  our  wholesale  terms  are  strictly  confidential,  and  we  do 
not  wish  to  take  the  trade  of  the  country  away  from  our  regular  customers. 

Great  Inducements  will  lie  made  to  Merchants,  Post  Masters,  and  General  Traders,  and  the  most  libM'al  ternjs  will  be  made  to 
such,  our  rates  being  fixed  at  snch  prices  as  will  pay  any  dealer  to  order  a  wholesale  supply.  /         ■    ;: 

The  rbiladeliihia  Daily  Record  says  of  this  Pen — "The  latest  improvement  is  the  Golden  Pen.  This  Pen  is'well  tempered, made  of  the  finest 
elastic  material,  and  jjlated  with  golden  finisli,  which  at  once  establishes  the  fact  that  it  is  not  liable  to  corrode,  and  is  therefore  much  more  durable 
than  any  pen  now  in  use.  Its  smoothness,  almost  equallins  that  of  a  gold  pen,  enables  you  to  write  with  gieat  facility  and  ease.  It  is  a  derided  im- 
provement in  the  pen  line,  and  is  rapidly  coming  into  general  use.  The  advantages  it  possesses  are  so  ajtparent  that  they  strike  the  eye  even  at  first 
view,  and  one  is  willing  to  purchase  without  wasting  any  time  in  trying  it.    To  those  who  have  much  writing  to  do  we  need  not  say  more." 

From  the  Masonic  Mirror,  Philadelphia —Bestor's  Golden  Metallic  Pen.  Our  friend  S.  J.  Bestor,  34  South  Third  Street,  Philadelphia,  has 
manufactured  a  Metallic  Pen,  which  we  can  with  confidence  recommend  as  equal  t9  the  best  finished  pen  ever  used.  .We  speak  from  having  tried 
them.  They  are  "  H'urrunted  superior  to  any  steel  pen  ever  introduced  to  the  public."  The  pens  are  covered  with  a  golden  finish,  which  gives  them 
a  neat  and  attractive  a|ipearante.  They  are  peculiarly  constructed,  elastic,  and  suited  for  general  use.  Merchants  and  others  will  find  it  to  their  in- 
terest to  examine  Bestor  s  Golden  Metallic  Pens. 

We  could  fill  a  volume  with  notices  we  have  received  of  this  justly  Celebrated  Pen,  and  we  may  add  we  have  never  yet  called 
the  attention  of  the  Press  to  them  without  receiving  the  very  best  recommendations  and  the  praises  given  them  by  Gentlemen  of 
prominence  in  the  different  professions,  are  almost  innumerable. 

Marshall  Calkins,  M.  D.,  and  Professor  of  Surgery  in  the  Eclectic  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania,  remarks : — "I  have  subjected  the  Golden 
Pen  to  severe  trial,  and  am  happy  to  certify  that  they  are  the  best  I  have  ever  used;  Their  merits  if  generally  known,  must  secure  for  them  an  exten- 
sive sale."  All  Orders  must  be  addressed  to 

S.  J.  BESTOR,  Importer  of  Watches  and  Manufacturing  Jeweler, 
34  Soatli  Third  Street,  Pbiladelpliia,  Pa. 


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